Photographer Ludeker Presents Defamiliarized Underwater Landscapes
Juliette M Ludeker, profiled on Lenscratch by guest editor Bryan Whitney, presents Somewhere You Can Never Go, an ongoing series of in-camera underwater photographs made in creeks, rivers, ponds, and fountains. Her 2025 solo exhibition Everything Is Borrowed displayed 42 pigment prints across four bodies of work, employing contemplative methods and ostranenie to explore impermanence and spiritual resonance in ordinary natural scenes.
Key Points
- 1Creates in-camera underwater photographs in creeks, rivers, and ponds using contemplative methods
- 2Employs ostranenie to defamiliarize ordinary natural scenes, exploring impermanence and spiritual resonance
- 3Demonstrates low-tech field techniques and sequencing strategies for scale and ambiguity in landscape photography
Scoring Rationale
Highlights a niche artist's contemplative photographic practice; limited technical or industry-wide impact reduces broader relevance.
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