In anticipation of the forthcoming March/April issue of photo technique, we are excited to give our readers a preview of Lori Nix’s “The City in Miniature: Photographing a Diorama.”
Lori Nix, a Brooklyn based photographer, constructs and photographs intricately detailed dioramas in the living room of her apartment. Through her attention to detail and lighting techniques, she renders rich and unique imagery with unparalleled surrealistic environments.
Beyond appealing aesthetics, Nix’s images in “The City” serve as narratives of significant cultural themes. Nix explains, “I focus on the ruins of urban landscapes, I construct spaces that celebrate modern culture, knowledge, and innovation, as well as humanity’s more unsavory patterns of consumerism and potential debauchery: the theater, the museum, a vacuum cleaner showroom, and a dark, dingy bar. Here the buildings of civilization and material culture are abandoned, lying in a state of decay and ruin, with natural elements such as plants, insects and animals beginning to repopulate the spaces. This idea of paradise lost, or the natural world reclaiming itself, becomes more forceful as we face greater environmental challenges in the world around us”.
The vision of Lori Nix is a dynamic and complex one, and photo technique is pleased to include her latest portfolio in our upcoming issue. It’s just a few more weeks until you can read the full article and see the beautiful reproductions yourself!
Also featured in the March/April issue:
- Al Weber’s aerial photographic portfolio, “Influence of Flying”
- “Insect Photography in Nature,” amazing macro work of Gene Federov
- “Darkness at Noon,” Cole Thompson’s Long Exposures and ND Filters
- Cornelia Hediger’s “Doppleganger” series
- Dan Burkholder’s iPhone images, which will surely blow your mind!
- “The Copy Print Process,” a detailed workflow of Chris Woodhouse
- Tom Millea’s commentary on the shift from Modernism to Post-Modernism in photography
- Michael Light’s new book, Bingham Mine/Garfield Stack reviewed by Mary Anne Redding
- Innovations, underground tech updates
