Saigon Skyline Fireworks Black And White | Wall Art

Fireworks Bursting Above Ho Chi Minh City At Night

I photographed this sweeping view across Saigon at night, with fireworks opening across the dark sky above one of the densest parts of Ho Chi Minh City. The Bitexco Financial Tower rises prominently on the left, its unmistakable tapered form standing above a layered city of office towers, apartment buildings, rooftops, illuminated windows, and streets disappearing into the distance. Across the right half of the photograph, the fireworks become the dominant element, their bright trails suspended against an almost completely black sky.

I had spent the afternoon scouting for a viewpoint that would give me both the fireworks and enough of the Saigon skyline to create a photograph about the city rather than simply the display overhead. I eventually found myself on a rooftop roughly 30 floors above the streets, photographing handheld and working through the changing bursts as they appeared over the buildings. That elevated perspective is what gives this photograph much of its scale and makes it a natural part of my Vietnam wall art photography collection.

The black-and-white treatment strips away the competing colors of signs, windows, and fireworks and concentrates everything on light, shape, and structure. The brightest bursts appear almost etched into the sky, while smaller fireworks closer to the horizon lead the eye downward into the illuminated city. In the foreground, tightly packed buildings form a dark, intricate base. Above them, taller towers break the skyline at different heights, creating a visual rhythm that runs from the Bitexco tower across to the large residential buildings on the right.

I made roughly 1,000 photographs while I was up there. The difficult part came afterward, going through them carefully and looking for the frames where the fireworks occupied the right areas of the sky without overwhelming the architecture beneath them. I wanted the city and the fireworks to work together, with neither becoming simply a background for the other.

For me, this photograph suits a collector drawn to large urban views, nighttime architecture, black-and-white photography, or contemporary images of Vietnam. Its wide horizontal composition also gives it a strong presence in offices, living spaces, and modern interiors where a detailed city photograph can be viewed from both across the room and at close range.

This photograph is offered as a limited edition of only 10 prints. Each print is personally signed and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity, produced with archival pigment inks on premium archival paper. For collectors interested in similarly expansive views of cities after dark, this photograph also belongs naturally within my cityscape wall art photography.

© Dan Kosmayer, 2026