We have featured Matthew Albanesesamazing work in 2010.
Here are some of his more recent creations.
Matthew Albanese stumbled upon his Strange Worlds idea by accident one day while in the kitchen at work.
The first Strange World that I created was Paprika Mars, Matthew details.
I had spilled paprika in the kitchen and instead of cleaning it, I was playing with it.
It was the color and the texture and I just had the inspiration to create Mars out of it.
And thus began an obsession with miniature dioramas.
By day, Matthew is a professional fashion photographer.
By night, hes been creating large dioramas of tiny environments and photographing them.
Initially, he built his creations in the back of his fathers old warehouse.
Later he moved the production of his Strange Worlds to his living room.
Matthew Albaneses first book Strange Worlds will be published by Lazy Dog Press in Spring 2013.
Surface of the water was created using vinyl shower curtain, plexiglass and clear epoxy.
The reflected sunlight effect was created using a video projector through fake fog.
The lens was covered with a piece of blue stretch wrap which created subtle distortions throughout the image.
A total of 11 light sources were used including the projector.
The lighting was achieved using six different strobes various filters and video projection.
Diorama made using cotton, salt, cooked sugar, tin foil, feathers & canvas.
