Most photographers are content with capturing reality, but French photographer Clement Briend prefers to create them. His ghostly projections–often large-scale faces or masks that emerge from trees—have been spotted on the streets of Berlin, Paris, and Cambodia. His project consists of overlaying trees with 3D projected images of divine creatures that are highly regarded in Cambodian culture. The photographer carefully chooses the surfaces for his projections. In this way, both the tree leaves and the projections themselves come out in a whole new quality.
“Cambodian culture is deeply rooted in a spirituality – marked by a belief in genii and fantasy creatures. In a dark cityscape, night reveals the presence of divine creatures on trees and subsequently makes them alive and real. Such nocturnal visions allow us to grasp the way magic profoundly influences how Cambodian people perceive the world.†notes Briend.
