A macro photograph, shot on a Nikon F3 with a 55mm macro lens, of a biological machine from the Codex Seraphinianus. The creature is part-clockwork, part-fungus, with tiny handwritten, unintelligible glyphs etched into its copper casing. It sits on an old, yellowed piece of vellum paper. Soft, side-lit desk lamp lighting with deep shadows.
A wide cinematic shot of a decaying, Gothic library in Castle Gormenghast. The floor is covered in a foot of water, reflecting the massive, rotting bookshelves that reach up into the darkness. A single shafts of dusty light illuminates a stack of wet, pulpy books on a stone pedestal. Captured with the heavy grain and desaturated color of late 90s film.
A minimalist, top-down perspective photograph of an architectural model representing Flatland. Geometric shapes made of thin, frosted acrylic and etched copper sit on a perfectly smooth, black slate surface. The shapes are lit by a single, harsh pinpoint of light, casting extremely long, razor-sharp shadows across the landscape. Brutalist, high-contrast aesthetic.
A lo-fi 90s digital portrait taken with a Sony Mavica floppy disk camera. A person holds a large, melting block of clear ice against their neck on a sweltering day. Grainy, pixelated, 640x480 aesthetic, slightly out of focus, harsh sun.
A medium format portrait shot through a pane of heavily textured, patterned shower glass. A person is partially obscured by thick ivy leaves pressing against the glass from the other side. Lit by a single, sharp, blinding beam of sunlight.
A horizontal triptych of three Polaroid photos of a construction worker. The first is clean. The second is physically scratched with deep key marks. The third is water-damaged and muddy. All three lay on a concrete floor.
A large format 4x5 film portrait of a taxidermist wearing a surgical mask, holding a small dead songbird. Background is a cluttered workshop with half-finished animal mounts. Soft, grim light from a single dirty window.
A vertical portrait shot with a cheap disposable camera flash. A woman in a bright neon pink tracksuit sits in a vintage dentist chair. Flat, harsh flash lighting, red-eye effect, plastic lens look.
Portrait of a contortionist twisted into an impossible shape inside a cramped closet overflowing with vintage coats. Lit by a single dim, warm incandescent bulb. Motion blur, shot on Nikon F3, grainy film.
A portrait of a lifeguard in a 1950s wool bathing suit, hovering near the turquoise bottom of a public pool. Rippled light distortions, bubbles, shot with a Nikonos underwater camera, natural pool light.
A Victorian-era wet plate collodion portrait of a mime. Physical dabs of vibrant red and yellow oil paint have been applied directly to the developed glass plate's surface over the mime's face. Scratched, chemical edges.
A portrait of a woman sitting atop a mountain of black trash bags next to a rusted dumpster at night. Shot with the harsh, direct on-camera flash of a Canon AE-1. High contrast shadows, gritty urban textures.
A cinematic wide angle, photorealistic shot capturing the nostalgic warmth of a late 90s indie film: An abandoned suburban living room, circa 1998, entirely re-upholstered in shimmering, imperfectly woven silicon thread. A flickering CRT television highlights dust motes in the air.
A sprawling wheat field replaced entirely by geometrically perfect, crystalline liquid crystal displays tilted towards the sun. Black pen circuit diagrams are scribbled on the surfaces; white typex covers patches of cells in pixelated patterns.
A portrait photo of a dense forest double exposed with a lattice of thick copper wiring. Dappled sunlight mimics binary code etched into the copper. A thick white marker single-line sketch of an impossible pathway snakes through the trees.
A 90s vintage diner deconstructed and rebuilt using polished silicon bricks. Red vinyl booths are now rigid silicon seating. A single wilting plant sits on the counter under the harsh glare of a fluorescent silicon fixture.
A crowded marketplace in Marrakech, devoid of people. Stalls overflow with neatly stacked obsolete circuit boards arranged like colorful textiles. Neural network sketches in black pen and aggressive white typex 'corrections' on the hardware.
A square portrait shot on a Holga 120N: a baker covered in white flour against a white-tiled kitchen wall, lit by a single bare fluorescent bulb. A grid pattern is meticulously drawn over the baker's face with a black ballpoint pen. High contrast, lo-fi plastic lens aesthetic.