Video: Strange Worlds: Miniature Dioramas by Matthew Albanese
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
We all remember the biblical story of the creation of the world. On the first day, God created light and separated it from darkness; on the second day - created firmament and water, on the third - land and plants … Who among us would not want to feel like a demiurge? Many just dream, but talented photographer Matthew Albanese makes dreams come true. Using the most common materials (spices, cotton, colored paper, ink, wire, etc.), he creates amazingly realistic compositions that look like picturesque landscapes in the pictures.
We have already told the readers of the site Culturology. Ru about the man-made landscapes of Matthew Albanese. Recently, the master has pleased us with several more amazing dioramas and photographs of the creation process itself. Of course, we could not resist and publish pictures of what remains behind the scenes.
Idea to create "Strange Worlds" (as Matthew Albanese calls his creations) was born by accident in 2008. While preparing to eat, Matthew cut the paprika, and he was interested in the texture and color of the pepper. With some experimentation, he took the first photograph of the distant planet Mars. The photographer was so carried away by the process that he decided to recreate other natural objects. Now photographing "strange worlds" has become his real hobby, he is engaged in the creation of mini-dioramas in the evenings, when he takes a break from his main work (Matthew Albanese is a famous fashion photographer). Matthew created his first installations in his father's warehouse, now they have "moved" into his own living room. It is planned that the results of many years of work will be published in a book, which will be published in the fall of 2013 by Lazy Dog Press.
To achieve natural lighting, Matthew is constantly inventing new approaches. For example, lightning is a flash of light shining through black-painted plexiglass. The composition "How to Breathe Underwater" required wax-drenched walnuts, shells, sea anemones and much more. Reflections of light in the "water" were created using a video projector, in total 11 light sources were involved in the work. About what two more compositions are made of, I think, if they wish, readers will guess on their own, after carefully examining the photographs.
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