Not The Same Backwards

These clever digital manipulations by Russian photographer Alexey Bednij use shadows to fill space, creating compositions reminiscent of tessellations. The varying directions of the shadows cast by his human and animal subjects bring an element of surprise to the high contrast photographs.  Along with his shadow art, Bednij's body of work includes other black and white photography with similarly impressive compositions of positive and negative space.

Iceland is laden with active volcano systems, which have proved to be mesmerising subject matter for photographer Andre Ermolaev. 

"..what has become a real discovery for me is the bird’s eye view of the rivers flowing along the black volcanic sand. It is an inexpressible combination of colors, lines, and patterns. The photo represents the mouth of the river falling into the ocean"

These ethereal images are digitally collaged by Matt Wisniewski to create organically cohesive overlays of natural elements and portraits. His skilled use of Photoshop to seemingly float textures of sea, sky, geology or flora over the human subjects could be seen as a whimsical representation of their inner workings - or it could just look pretty. Wisniewski is all about the aesthetic quality of his collages and discerningly sources images from other collaborating artists or through online public domain sources. It's these found organic patterns and textures that inspire his meshed graphics. The sense of movement in his still images is further enhanced in the videos found on his vimeo profile.