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"Strange Worlds" by Matthew Albanese

New Jersey photographer Matthew Albanese creates small, meticulously detailed dioramas of beautiful natural landscapes using everyday materials like coffee, cotton, feathers, paper, or salt.  He then photographs them under dramatic lighting to transform them into super realistic scene you could swear had been torn from the pages of National Geographic.  See more of Albanese's work at the Bonni Benrubi Gallery.

"My work involves the construction of small-scale meticulously detailed models using various materials and objects to create emotive landscapes. Every aspect from the construction to the lighting of the final model is painstakingly pre-planned using methods which force the viewers perspective when photographed from a specific angle. Using a mixture of photographic techniques such as scale, depth of field, white balance and lighting I am able to drastically alter the appearance of my materials."

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