Denver Nature and Sciene Museum

I took these photos on Monday at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.

Fake Miniatures

Here are a couple of fun fake tilt-shift photographs I made that are meant to look like miniature train sets or highly detailed dioramas models. I created them by some photoshopping a couple of my aerial photographs. You can find instructions on how to do it yourself here.

Photo by Nathan Abels, higher res here
Photo by Nathan Abels, higher res here

This topic reminds me of a few past posts on similar topics: Dioramas, and Built Environments

Dioramas

Charles Matton, "Hotel Hall", 2004 mixed media box construction, 86 x 29 x 24 inches with stand

Joe Fig, "Ryan McGinness: 3/23/06" 11x11x9.5", 2006

Joe Fig, "Julie Mehretu: 4/18/06" 11x11x9.5", 2006

Fig and Matton have both created dioramas based on artists' studios, but Matton's work often has more atmosphere and deliberate lighting, whereas Fig's pieces seem more matter-of-fact.

Today's post is inspired by the artwork for the new Interpol cd that comes out today and a recent post at moonriver based on dioramas and related work. I guess I've been pretty interested in the subject or medium for awhile now, given the amount of posts I've devoted to similar subject matter. Early on, I posted about the work of Michael Samuels, who builds interesting island seascapes and parking lots on table tops.

Michael Samuels, "Rescue Me"

I recently posted Callum Morton's small scale Billboards,

Callum Morton, "Screen #5 Outer Limits", 2006wood, acrylic paint and aluminium 93 × 110 × 45.5cm table 75 x 180 x 90 cm

and prior to that I featured the photography of Joeph O. Holmes.

And lastly, check out this genius combination of a potted plant and a miniature city park scene: