Cultural Imaginaries and Landscape photography

Landscape photography captures spaces within the world; some vast and unending, and some microscopic.
These types of photographs typically capture nature, however it can also be used to draw attention to man-made features and the disturbance of natural landscapes.


Esteban Pastorino Diaz

After exploring many different techniques and styles of photography, Diaz found he had a heavy interest in aerial photography.
He used KAP (Kite Aerial Photography) to capture his aerial images early in his career.
As well as aerial, his work also includes landscape, nightscape, and panoramic photography.

'Toy Like World'

At first glance, some of his aerial shots appear toy-like because of the size of the buildings/objects and the high saturation. In addition to this, Diaz uses a shifted blur to create an illusion that from the viewers perspective makes it appear fake.

I feel that his work represents the unimaginable scale of our planet, and that structures such as buildings, aircrafts etc. that seem large to us are relatively microscopic. For me, this reality brings you to realise how small we are as humans, yet we have the power to change the world and disrupt our landscapes with urbanisation.


"My work is most about depicting an open space that we cannot see naturally with our own eyes"