Plastic Landscapes

• Photographer
  Rafal Maleszyk, United States
• Website
  http://www.rafalmaleszyk.com

Plastic Landscapes is the metaphor for the disrespect people show to our Nature. We use
plastic everywhere. Is this how the future landscape will look? Plastic will "grow" on trees?
All images have been made on a recent trip to Death Valley, I have drove 2000 miles and shot
for 12 days. All plastic settings in the desert has been done entirely by myself without a help
of assistant. All images below have been taken on that trip with Hasselblad H5D 60
megapixels camera .
I have been working on the Plastic Landscapes since 2012 , here in Hawaii where I live. I
incorporate proper kinds of plastic depending on the location, light, the strength and
direction of the wind, tide and the size of the swell. It is a new approach to landscape where
you can see the Hawaiian breeze on a black and white paper. “I enjoy creating plastic
landscapes, this is when I am not entirely in the control of what the sensor will record. Plastic
interconnects with the nature producing unpredictable effect. Wind plays a huge role, as well
as reflection of the light in the plastic.

My aim as a photographer is to create sophisticated art by simplifying the image. For me, photography is the ultimate form of art. It allows me to express my innermost experiences with nature. Inhabiting a time-hungry world of fleeting moments and experiences, simplicity is a precious state best captured and experienced under the lens. Photography helps me to convey these intimate and rare spectacles I derive from Nature. It is my privilege to witness and record fine and unique perspectives.

Awards Hasselblad Master 2014
Category: Fine Art
Award: Winner

PX3 Prix de la Photographie, Paris 2012
Category: Fine Art Landscape
Award:Gold Award Winner

Contemporary Photography in Hawaii 2012
Category:The Fourth Annual Statewide Survey
Award:First Place Juror Award

Artavita 2012
Category:2nd Art Contest - Photography
Award:Second Place

Black & White Magazine 2012
Category:Single Image Contest 2012
Award:Silver Award

Black+White Photography Magazine UK
Category:Assignment August 2012
Award:First Place

The Spider Awards 2012
Category:Professional Nature
Award:Honorable Mention

PX3 Prix de la Photographie, Paris 2011
Category:Nature Landscape
Award:Silver Award Winner

Photo SPIVA 2011
Category:Open
Award:1st Place

The 2011 International Loupe Awards
Category:Landscape
Award:Silver Award

The Gala Awards Single Images Professional 2011
Contest:May Contest Pollux Awards
Category:Landscapes and Seascapes
Award:First Prize

The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards 2011
Contest:2nd Edition Black and White Competition
Category:Landscape
Award:Second Prize

Camera Obscura Journal Summer-Fall 2011
Category:Professional
Award:1st Place Outstanding Photo Award

International Panoramic Awards EPSON 2011
Category:Nature
Award:Bronze Award

Poland National Photography Contest 2010
Category:The Sea
Award:2nd Place

The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards 2011
Category:The Urban and Country Landscape
Award:Silver

International Aperture Awards 2010
Category:Landscape
Award:Silver Award