Land / Scape

Photomontage, Photography

2022

Land / Scape—is a series of photomontages exploring the definition of landscape and perception within photography.

The works are created from an series of photographs from the artists archive, spanning across Texas and Maine from 2017 to 2022. She merged, manipulated, and retouched the selected photographs to create these imaged spaces or '‘land/scape’s’. The artist is exploring the origins of what is considered a landscape and through photographic digital manipulations, exploring these perceptions of land and photography in the contemporary era with these photomontages.

The Process

Rocky shoreline with waves crashing and an ocean extending to the horizon under a cloudy sky.

View of the ocean with a rocky shoreline and a cloudy sky overhead.

Overcast sky over the ocean with waves crashing against rocks along the shoreline, some small birds floating on the water.

Ocean view with a partly cloudy sky, dark rocks at the shoreline, and distant horizon

A park scene with two leafless metal trees on a grassy hill next to a water body, surrounded by green trees and urban buildings in the background under a blue sky.

Urban park with a small pond, green grass, a leafless art sculpture resembling a tree, and densely packed trees with buildings in the background under a clear blue sky.

Scenic view of a grassy field with a small pond and a cloudy blue sky.

Open farmland under a partly cloudy sky with green fields and scattered trees on the horizon.

Rocky coastline with sparse trees and bushes, overlooking the ocean on a cloudy day.

Rocky shoreline with waves crashing and overcast sky over the ocean.

Rocky shoreline by the ocean with waves crashing against the rocks and a small boat far in the distance.

A rocky coastline with a few people standing on the rocks, overlooking the ocean under a cloudy sky.

Coastal scene with rocky cliffs and the ocean under a cloudy sky, two people standing on the rocks.

A view of the ocean with rocks and a rocky shoreline in the foreground, and a cloudy sky above.

Overcast sky over the ocean with rocks and waves in the foreground.

Rocky shoreline with waves crashing against the rocks under cloudy sky.

Rocky shoreline with waves crashing against rocks and a calm ocean extending to the horizon, under a partly cloudy sky.

View of ocean with a rocky shoreline in the foreground, and blue sky with clouds above.

A metal chain-link fence with a rusty lock in the foreground, rocky coastline with large rocks and the ocean in the background under a cloudy sky.

View of the ocean with rocky shoreline and cloudy sky, with a chain-link fence in the foreground.

A rocky coast with a rusted chain-link fence and a view of the ocean extending to the horizon, with a lighthouse in the distance and seagulls floating on the water.

A rugged coastline with rocky cliffs and sparse vegetation, overlooking the ocean under a cloudy sky, with a few people standing on the rocks in the distance.

The Process

ANNABELLE COLLETTE PHOTOGRAPHY