Sublime photography – The Sublime is a western aesthetic concept of ‘the exalted’ of ‘beauty that is grand and dangerous’. The Sublime refers to the wild, unbounded grandeur of nature. The Sublime is related to threat and agony, to spaces where calamities happen or things run beyond human control.
Sublime photography moodboard:
Painting vs Photography
Caspar David Friedrich (German, 1774–1840). Two Men Contemplating the Moon 
Johan Christian Dahl (Norwegian, 1788–1857). Two Men before a Waterfall at Sunset
In the top photos that are originally paintings the colours used are all slightly dark and dull which is very similar with the photography taken by Joao Laet of a burnt forest in brazil. All images have a lot of shadowing which creates an effect of darkness and danger towards the viewer.
João Laet
