Edition Details
This is a C-print on Fuji Crystal semi-matte paper. Edition sizes are as follows;
14" x 11" - 300 editions at $90.00 each.
20" x 16" - 50 editions at $250.00 each.
30" x 20" - 20 editions at $750.00 each.
All images come with a numbered certificate of authenticiy signed by the artist. Please note that sizes quoted are for the size of the paper, not the image. We do not alter the aspect ratio or edit the artist's original image. All images have a minimum .5 inch white border.
Artist Statement
The landscape can be viewed in many different constructions. What is natural can be unnatural and vice versa. Construction of the landscape allows us to be in "nature" while actually being a part of the urban structure. Frederick Law Olmstead, the founder of the profession of landscape architecture and co‐designer of Central Park, believed completely that a close relationship with natural beauty was one of the most necessary elements of human life; nature provided for the human spirit a psychological comfort available nowhere else. Natural scenery, he wrote, exists “for the mind without fatigue and yet exercises it, tranquilizes it, and yet enlivens it,” thus refreshing the whole human system. Olmstead’s philosophy is how I have always envisioned and experienced nature. Using various constructed landscapes as examples, I hope to show that it is possible to find wondrous, lush, untamed nature anywhere that you are. I look for moments that allow me to forget where I am physically and immerse myself in the natural, or seemingly natural, land.
Elisa K Schwalm has been photographing all her life. As a child, she used photography as a way to explore the people and the places that surrounded her. After receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at Queens University in Kingston, Ontario, Elisa returned to her passion for photography. While studying photography at Speos Photographic Institute in Paris, France, Elisa developed a keen interest in architecture, specifically details in lines and structure. After graduating from Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photographic Studies, Elisa pursued an artistic life. This led her to New York City, where she is now studying for a Masters of Fine Art in Photography from Parsons School of Design. Her interests lay mainly in architectural and social landscape photography. Her photographs have been published in Flare, Photo Ed, the National Post and the Toronto Star.
