Terrifying Sublime: Synthetic Alpine Landscapes

Artist Tomas van Houtryve presents his work-in-progress, Terrifying Sublime: Synthetic Alpine Landscapes. The project explores the reversal of our power relationship with nature since the notion of the sublime became a prominent concept in art and philosophy. Using photography, video, and archival material, van Houtryve examines how an array of forces pitted against the natural world are altering iconic landscapes beyond the point of recognition.

Tomas van Houtryve  is a photographer who uses a wide range of contemporary and early techniques, continually questioning and reinventing his approach to image-making. He spent a year documenting the efforts to save Notre-Dame from ruin after the devastating fire of 2019. A selection of his honors include the ICP Infinity Award, the Bayeux Prize for War Correspondents, the CatchLight Global Fellowship, a National Geographic Explorer’s Grant and the Roger Pic Award. He published Lines and Lineage in 2019. Represented by the Baudoin Lebon gallery in Paris, he is a member of VII Photo Agency since 2010.

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