Grafted Together

Source: Jim Kazanjian

Composite Photographs by Jim Kazanjian

portland artist jim kazanjian's body of work consists of crisply composed digital images that explore the surrealist side of space and architecture. drawing from literary influences such as h.p. lovecraft and algernon blackwood, kazanjian's pictorials illustrate a fantasy-driven world that seemingly celebrates relics and decay. -- designboom

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Rauzier’s Virtual Worlds by Jean François Rauzier

French photographer Jean François Rauzier transforms high resolution photos into dream-like, virtual paintings which offer a reflection on reality.

This so-called ‘Hyperphoto’ technique is invented by the artist himself back in 2002, and has been exhibited throughout the world since then. His work is currently on show at Art London and Fine Art Asia Hong Kong by Waterhouse and Dodd.  -- The Pop-Up City

Source: Filip Dujardin

Fictional Architecture by Filip Dujardin

Belgian photographer Filip Dujardin makes images of unexpected buildings – that is, he "combines photographs of parts of buildings into new, fictional, architectonic structures" -- talleritesoortiz

...who has embraced the truthiness of photography to create a series of “fictions,” turning the process of documenting architecture inside out. Dujardin imagines structures, which he builds as cardboard or computer models, and then searches the cityscape of his native Ghent to photograph buildings that will serve as his materials. -- Question Beauty, ArchitecrureBoston

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Source: Julee Holcombe courtesy of Gallery Kayafas

Metropolis. 2010 by Julee Holcombe

The views of construction and deterioration, ancient ruins erected in the midst of skyscrapers and monuments, or the reverse, create mystifying worlds with historical references to specific times, happenings and the human condition. Memory, recognition, fantasy, spring from this imaginative and convincing work!

Her figurative photographs, like the architectural compilations, are intriguing and mysterious, a collection of images and ideas, embracing interpretations of paintings, religious parables and modern street sensibility. She investigates contemporary cultures while mixing reality and fiction. -- Berkhshire Fine Arts

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Inntel Hotel Zaandam, Zaandam, the Netherlands designed by WAM

Can this be real? I'm in Zaandam, near Amsterdam, standing in front of a hotel that looks like a pileup of traditional Dutch houses, all grafted together in bright greens and blues, their pediments, gables, windows and roofs pulling and pushing at my eyes.  -- The Guardian

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