SURREALITY 2.0

The camera captures a baseline reality, a standard three-dimensional world of predictable light and physical limitations. But when you pull that photograph into the editing studio, the raw pixels become a malleable fabric.

...Through the deliberate application of visual effects, you can slash open the surface of a mundane image, tearing a jagged hole through the familiar to create a literal portal into an altered domain...

my process of editing process functions like an eviction notice to the ordinary. Standard lighting setups are aggressively warped using saturation masks and color grading, forcing natural tones to bleed out into radioactive purples and hyper-manic magentas