This work is
from a series of “landscapes” with the term referring to its use as a
genre in the history of photography, to the horizontal format for digital
printing and to its figurative definition - the distinctive features of a
particular situation or intellectual activity. The images first begin as
photographs I make with a digital camera. The pictures are then opened in
Adobe Photoshop and manipulated. The “natural” color is replaced with an
“artificial” one and I add a few simple digitally drawn components.
On one hand the
images closely resemble “straight” photographs, yet on the other hand,
appear to be obvious contrivances. In each image there is a tension
between the organic description created by the lens and the digital
drawing and artificial color. The work treads the boundary between
traditional photography and new technology and examines the landscape of
my life.