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22nd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Black & White shore

This photograph is an extract of more complete body of work called "Welcome to Earth". The project highlights the Earth’s beauty through the presence of a peculiar character "The Earthonaut". His costume, his suit, symbol of space conquest, evokes great discoveries. It is important to me in this project to shoot in real life decor, that is why i bring along in my travels the character (a real model) in order to be an integral part of the environment. Therefore there is no AI nor "collage". With this project, I propose a poetic and positive reading of the respect of our terrestrial habitat. A way to make people think about our Home Planet in a different way. And even if the photograph is marked by its presence, the Earth remains the main protagonist of this series. I summarize my work in one sentence: "What if elsewhere was here?"

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 02.2023
Date Uploaded: 12.2024
Photo Location: Vic, Iceland
Camera: ILCE-7RM4
Copyright: © Jeremy De Backer