Featured on the Flickr Blog today, Matthew Albanese is a particularly interesting artist for a variety of reasons. He creatively uses unexpected materials to build fascinating worlds with astounding realism. Having such control over the scene allows for him to make nature and landscape images which display conditions ideal for what he means to express. As a fashion photographer by day, Albanese has an understanding of color and light which makes for photographs that are compelling enough, without even knowing that they are dioramas. In particular, I quite like the subtle way in which he uses light to alter the mood of an image. Be sure to look through his Flickr photostream (which has some interesting behind the scenes photographs) and consider buying his book, "Strange Worlds" which is slated to be released some time this spring. |  |
