Bas Princens

Bas Princen's work is very intriguing (http://www.oftheafternoon.com/bas-princens-images-of-vast-structures-and-spaces/). His photography captures the interplay of the natrual andman-made environment with a centre point of buildings and the construction and destruction process of buildings. There is something fantastical about the images, but also very matter of fact. In truth, i'm unclear as to whether the images contain any manipulation of reality or just a very specific perspective of it. Size, scale and even time and place are often difficult to grasp here. The images often have a flatness as a result of little, or at least very constrained/restrained shadow - I think this increases the sense of dislocation from context and place.

There is something of the Dusseldorf school here, but also something more playful.