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.

• Biography
  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