Bronze / 2020 / Nature / Flowers

Reimagining Nature - The Collage Project

Reimagining Nature is a digital photography collage project building wholly new imagery using objects from nature. The results are at once familiar and strikingly unfamiliar. Of the earth yet other worldly. The images are bold, sensual and effervescent with light and color. And always there is a strong sense of the atmospheric. I play with the relationships between the natural forms, in all of their stages and imperfections. It is an exploration of the natural world.

The images are on a large scale of approximately 30"x30". The final images lend themselves to both near and far observations.

Erin Derby is a Brooklyn based photographer. With an extensive background in commercial photography, she has worked with a variety of subjects in assignments ranging from interior imagery, to corporate and personal portraiture and more. Her commercial work has also been widely published, including Architectural Digest, Epoca Magazine, and House Beautiful.

Erin's fine art focus is the creation of works that reflects her aesthetic sensibilities and vision. She is influenced by textures, shapes, street art, bold design and the work of artists including Jean-Michel Basquiat and Irving Penn.

Awards 2017 The “Prix de la Photographie, Paris” (P×3) - Bronze Winner - Flowers Category

2018 APA-LA “Off the Clock” - WINNER