19th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Altered Images
The inverted world IV

The photographs present abstract landscapes, which I captured in different regions of the world.  The variation of the flora's shapes, which appeared in front of my camera, became an inspiration to explore human relationships and identity. By creating this diptych, which is the combination of positive and negative of the same capture, I wanted to emphasise potential opposite elements of the same subject. For me, it also symbolises the duality of human character with its complex nature which constitutes our psychological portrait which is woven from different experiences and emotions such as depression, anxiety, happiness, joy or calm. I also observed another aspect of this composition. I realised that they display the connection between the currently existing world and something new, which can appear in the future and constitute the outcome of our deconstructive activity on our planet.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 01.2021
Date Uploaded: 11.2021
Photo Location: Chatham, United Kingdom
Copyright: © Jakub Pasierkiewicz