FACES IN THE ROCKS

<p>Joel Simpson's <strong>FACES IN THE ROCKS</strong>: Beyond Landscape to Psycho-Geological Photography pushes the boundaries of landscape photography. It takes you on a remarkable journey starting first with extraordinary landscapes including those in caves and from drones. Then it launches you into imaginative domains of entirely natural abstract compositions in various styles and then figuration's (the Faces in the rocks) all found in natural formations surrealist-tinged images no one has seen before while remaining faithful to their found forms that is NO AI. </p><p></p><p>If you are a landscape photographer seeking new ways to express your originality in a crowded field this book will show you how to rise above the crowd.</p><p></p><p>The images themselves range among the perverse ironic grotesque monstrous prophetic satirical enchanted mythological pale-ontological erotic scientific commercial and cartoonish. The accompanying text provides an analytical and historical framework for what amounts to challenges to conventional landscapes.</p><p></p><p>Finally the book squarely embraces photographic fiction: real rock formations (and dried mud) captured through a fish-eye lens and re-contextualized as imaginary heavenly bodies in fictitious outer space: asteroids and moons of made-up planets plus Anthropocene Ruins of a fearsome future.</p><p></p><p>The how-to section at the end guides photographers to the best locations for finding subjects and illustrates the editing techniques that are critical to making powerful art works from rocks and ice.</p><p></p><p>In the back of the book are brief (color) photo essays on six of the author's favorite stalking grounds for the images in the book. Also included are a bibliography and site list.</p>