Smith Journal – January 2019

087 SMITH JOURNAL

the big bang

ONE THOUSAND YEARS AGO, AN ENTERPRISING CHINESE

ALCHEMIST INVENTED THE FIRST FIREWORK. NOT LONG

AFTER, THE FOTI FAMILY BEGAN PLAYING WITH THEM –

AND THEY’VE BEEN PAINTING THE SKIES EVER SINCE.

Writer James Shackell Photographer Jonathan Cami