Constructed Landscapes
Photographed in the studio, Constructed Landscapes, challenges notions of the false reality (The Spectacle) and the way in which we see.
By combining a detailed examination of manufactured recycled materials with the method of manufactured images, the work reviews the obstacles and positive potentials regarding the role of photography as a moral platform to critique humans impact on the environment.
Referring to the traditional black and white landscape images of American photographer Ansel Adams, Michelle considers the reliability of familiarity. The familiar landscapes created from a material that from a distance looks like an object we recognize but at a closer look may not be what it seems, generating a dialectic tension between the sublime and doubt.
What was once applauded as an ideal is called into question.
Read MoreBy combining a detailed examination of manufactured recycled materials with the method of manufactured images, the work reviews the obstacles and positive potentials regarding the role of photography as a moral platform to critique humans impact on the environment.
Referring to the traditional black and white landscape images of American photographer Ansel Adams, Michelle considers the reliability of familiarity. The familiar landscapes created from a material that from a distance looks like an object we recognize but at a closer look may not be what it seems, generating a dialectic tension between the sublime and doubt.
What was once applauded as an ideal is called into question.
