Cinemascapes

A project about fictional landscapes and the effect the cinematic has on our memory and perception

01 An Ecstatic Form of Disappearance

02 Cinemascapes II - An Ecstatic Form of Disappearance

06 Cinemascapes II - An Ecstatic Form of Disappearance

04 Cinemascapes II - An Ecstatic Form of Disappearance

01 Cinemascapes - Untitled Landscape

01 Cinemascapes I - An Ode to The West

02 Cinemascapes I - An Ode to The West

03 Cinemascapes I - An Ode to The West

04 Cinemascapes I - An Ode to The West

Cinemascapes

Shot in locations used by the film industry for their geological similarity to other places in the world, the landscapes become a representation based on a fallacy. Bathed in light and hidden in darkness, the photographs are constructed as so, emphasising the emptiness of the scene. For the action to unfold, the image calls upon the viewer to play out their own scene whilst tapping into iconic moments from our collective memory of Science Fiction, Fantasy Epic films and the Sunday afternoon Spaghetti Western.