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The Future of Sublime Landscapes

Drawing upon the language of 19th century survey photographs, Drew Nikonowicz‘s work investigates the existence and role of a contemporary explorer by combining computer-generated and traditional photographic processes. The images in his first monograph, This World and Others Like It (Yoffy Press, 2019), suggest earth’s landscapes have been conquered and the only remaining frontiers are fictional or extraterrestrial.

“Through dark-hued landscapes and high-contrast portraits of rocks and shiny minerals, Nikonowicz not only calls into question the physical properties and realness of the earth’s building blocks, but also the way in which a distrust of images has become inherent to our experience of the world around us,” states Aperture Foundation, who awarded the series the Aperture Portfolio Prize in 2015.

“Within the contemporary wilderness, robots have replaced photographers as mediators producing images completely dislocated from human experience,” writes Nikonowicz, adding, “now the sublime landscape is only accessible through the boundaries of technology.”

This World and Others Like It
Photographs by Drew Nikonowicz
Essay by Paula Kupfer
Yoffy Press
Design and co-published by Hans Gremmen/Fw: Books

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