ETHEREAL

My name is Joshua Smith, I am 22 years old and based in the North East. I like to capture moments and edit them in a cinematic way, further documenting my life to make the viewer relate to my images/videos on an emotional level.

The initial idea for this project (Ethereal) was to capture everyday moments and edit them in a way to make each image appear to be dream-like and mystical. To do this, I visited local parks, nature reserves and beaches, at different times of the day to try encapsulate the environments natural lighting and elements. Based on this, I decided that my goal was to glorify the beauty found in these landscapes and make them liminal, thus producing an image that is “slightly unsettling but also familiar to our brains”