• Moments of Fantasy

    1 month ago - By Aesthetica

    Maria Lax comes from a small town in northern Finland. Now London-based, the photographer is known for spellbinding images that blend reality and fantasy. Experimental camera techniques turn plants and buildings into something otherworldly. Snow-laden trees appear like strange monoliths, obscured by magenta and blue stripes. Petals take on an uncanny, lurid tint, whilst monstera leaves glitter with pink water droplets. Nature becomes heightened, saturated and transfigured. Lax's first monograph, Some Kind of Heavenly Fire , centred around UFO sightings in her homeland during the 1960s...
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