About This Project

Mai Naito

Wundervei explores the experience and memory of the natural world through photography. Inspired by my personal childhood, the work visually depicts my emotional encounters when passing through natural spaces. This project aims to encourage audiences to discover a deeper connection between themselves and the natural environment through sheer visual pleasure and appreciation. By digitally layering multiple photographs it is intended that they initially be perceived as paintings before the characteristics of photography become apparent upon closer inspection. It is hoped that once lured into landscape, the audience will be unable to discredit the value of the experience based on technological judgement. By considering the role of photography and historical paintings in representing the natural landscape, and in turn, our recollections, this series questions the opinion that photography is a mere technological process and a tool for depicting realism devoid of human soul or emotion.

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