jean-paul cattin

art - American lands

  • Photographed in the streets of TriBeCa, this black-and-white series reimagines metallic surfaces as vast, snow-covered landscapes. Through photographic inversion, corroded textures become mountain ranges, rocky cliffs, and frozen terrains.

    These abstract compositions echo the grandeur of American wilderness — their stark contrasts and sweeping forms recalling Ansel Adams' iconic visions. Yet here, the monumental emerges from the overlooked: decaying metal recast as sublime topography.

    American Lands is a meditation on transformation — where the urban and the natural converge in a shifting play of shadow, light, and texture. Landscapes appear timeless, yet entirely invented.

    Unique edition (1/1) — signed & numbered
    New York 2014