Quarried
2020
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'Quarried' is a documentary series & a visual exploration of marble quarrying in Carrara This series wants to reveal the ambivalance of marble quarrying in the Apuan Alps. The beautiful stone with its unique color & structure. The sheer irreversible destruction of nature. A conflict of emotions.
Alien
2020
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'Alien' is part of an ongoing study of experimental infrared photography. This series plays with the surrealistic idea of creating a visuality of an alien planet. A planet where we as humans are strangers. The idea of extraterrestrialism brought to live by peculiar colour shifting & infrared technology.
Weathered
2020
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'Weathered' is a documentary series & a visual collection of the weathered coastal structures of the National Park 'Narbonnaise en Méditerranée' on the south coast of France. This series showcases the abstract painterly character of the worn out cliffs of Southern France. A visual portrait of a harsh environment.
Sempiternal
2020
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’Sempiternal’ is a series about the rugged peaks of the Dolomites and a study of light & darkness. In this series Roland explores the wide spectrum of light and how it fundamentally changes the appearance of the mountain peaks. A never changing interplay of light. Representing eternity.
Strange
2020
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'Strange' is a study of experimental infrared photography. This series of pictures was created with the help of a modified full spectrum camera that enabled me to capture the combination of visible light and infrared light. The combination of both spectrums made it possible to create pictures with unusual, unfamiliar or peculiar color renditions that still have a touch of reality to them.
Coral Mountains
2020
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'Coral Mountains' is a series of uncanny mountainscapes & an ongoing study of experimental infrared photography. The idea of this series was to step out of my comfort zone and take the landscapes known & familiar to me and turn them into something unfamiliar. Something extraneous & peculiar. Creating a tension between familiarity & unfamiliarity. Leaving the safe terrain to earn a fresh perspective. Through the use of infrared technology.
Bleeding Earth
2020
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'Bleeding Earth' is a visual representation of the negative impact of humanity on the earth. Destruction. Exploitation. Pollution. Extinction. Deforestation. Desertification. The earth and our ecosystems are severely damaged. Deep wounds have been caused covering the earths skin in blood.