The photographer appears as if it were another planet. Amazing footage

PThe first photo of the Earth from space people saw only 50 years ago, in 1972. And a little earlier, the first complete geographical map was drawn up. 200 years ago, perhaps, they did not hold in their hands the full boundaries of the continents, they did not fully guess where and how one continent joins the others.

Now we hold a map of the planet literally at our fingertips, we can see almost every corner of it thanks to a smartphone. Therefore, it is possible to show a forest, a mountain or stone ghats only in a way – they happen in essence and easily.

Photographer Christopher Rodriguez came across the research of one of the most famous scientists of the 19th century and was inspired by his travels on all continents, including reaching the Southern Urals. And created a photography project that evokes the same feelings that the discoverers go through.

But for this it was necessary to change reality itself. Below are breathtaking photos, I’ll tell you why Rodriguez was impressed exactly Humboldt and how did he get alien effect in your pictures.

Thanks to the geologist, the world has become whole

Chimborazo Volcano in Ecuador

AT In the 18th and 19th centuries, Europe staged a scientific revolution, spreading influence throughout the world. The best scientists have discovered new lands, discovered the first complete map of the planet, revised the laws of space, launched the industrial revolution.

At the same time, geography flourished, the discipline grew into a separate science. Alexander von Humboldt was her promoter. He leaves South America, Mexico, Russia from St. Petersburg to the South Urals, China and other countries.

Alexander von Humboldt, researcher 18 and 19 of ancient and solid geography as a science

In his travels he documented every new plant, animal, mineral and natural phenomenon he could find. And then he entrusted his discoveries to the Kingdom and the kings belong to the state. Then basalt pillars, complex waterfalls, and the multi-layered ecosystem that we currently see, and for people, it was a completely new, unexplored light.

Humboldt held to the idea that everything is connected. His main thought was:

The world is one living organism

Therefore, he was called simply a geographer. The scientist wrote at least about botany, zoology, astronomy and mineralogy. Here are some images based on his research.

Left and paw of the condor, straight basalt pillars in Santa Maria Regla

Mount Coffre De Perotte, Mexico

Tekendama Falls and the dragon’s paw-like plant Cheirostemon platanoides

Ethe number of two continents that wove the continents into a single canvas:

in 1799 Humboldt traveled to South America to see if the Amazon would connect with the Orinocco, but lingered in Brazil, Mexico and Cuba for five years.

In 1812, this trip turned into a collection (there are also pictures) that connected the New and Old Worlds, as well as consequence of the geographical age of the whole earth. Yes, in the 19th study it had to be proven.

Two hundred years later, the Earth has changed

The “new world” of Europe has become the old one, and the “Ancient world” of the peoples of the lands is now called “developing countries”.

If you do not take into account the African jungle, man has adapted every piece of land to suit his agricultural, industrial and recreational needs. If a count African jungles and the last protected areas, production emissions indirectly affected the composition of their flora and fauna.

The researcher wrote hundreds of papers on the relationship of air, terrain, abodes, and his findings, conclusions, observations and discoveries, drawn a line between the planets. wild and the planet redone.

More about the photographer and the idea

“Amazon Fields #1” in Peru (2019)

This idea became centered in a project by an American photographer Christopher Rodriguez (Christopher Edward Rodriguez). In 2017, I came across the work of a researcher.

“Nature is not at all what Humboldt documented it, man has touched every centimeter of the earth. Our relationship with the environment has been turned inside out, because in order to protect the environment, we now need to get involved in our own hands.

Series of mineral steel reflections afterlife.

Christopher Rodriguez, photographed below

In Russian, the project could be called The Next World, Afterlife, The Fate of the Earth, What Happened Next, or something else like that.

“Amazon Fields #2” in Peru (2019)

Amazonas #4 region in Peru (2019) and Red Moonlight (2018)

“River Stone in Yellow, Blue and Green” (2017)

Wthe action was to show landscapes as unfamiliar to our eyes as they seemed dark, who first presented them. Rodriguez blurs the line between artificial and reception rooms by using additional lighting. It compromises expectations from a familiar object and perverts the previously familiar color of the earth, stones, and plants.

The photographer traveled all over America to show the planet like never before seen. To achieve the result, he used the camera’s long exposure, additional spotlights, and color filters, which discussed the scientific accuracy of the camera’s display. His main goal was to make sure that the spectacle did not cause sensation. frequent feelings of strangeness.

More photos from the series

Wind Cave with Fallen Snow (2018)

On the right, one of the largest butterflies Morpho Peleida in the middle of the revolution, on the left, a flower field in 2020

On the left, illuminated mushrooms in New York, on the right, “Evening in Fuchsia” in Nevada (2017)

“Summer Flowers” (2018)

“Moonstones” (2017) and “Butterfly Mating #2” in Montana (2018)

“Baja No. 2” (2014) and “Melting Ice” (2018)

“Rainbow Falls” (2017)

“Red Clay” (2016) and “Crystal Point” (2017)

Smoke from an underground fire in Montana (2020) and Kordilina Verkhushechnaya #2 (2018)

Cape River (2016)

“Red Landscape” (2016) and “Amazonas #2” region in Peru (2019)

Snow Flower and Pink Vein, New York (2017)

“Summer Flowers #2”, Montana (2020)

“Granite Gradient” (2018) and “Aloe Tree” (2016)

“Flowers of Montana” and “Transgenic Dogwood No. 3” (2019)

“Sunset at Gokt” (2019)

The light was mostly claimed

ToChristopher created the effect of an unreal environment for the account of competent control of sensations.

Somewhere the highlights were thrown only on the water, and the reflections were not intact, in other scenes the corners of the frame were painted. In the main photo, a cut in the rock gave free rein to experiments so much that at some point even the photographer’s assistant organically wrote in it.

The banal color filters for the flash also helped. With their help, it was possible to drop the red accents on only part of the objects, without covering others.

Raudriguez also mentioned another scientist who cares deeply about the state of our planet.

The famous export of geoengineering, nuclear energy ideologist of the first photograph of the Earth from space Stuart Brand said specifically.

“In 19 discovery discovery called what you found. At 21 they call what you are a discovery created.”

See more of the photographer’s work on his website.