A photographic image transformed into a physical stone relief.

A 3D printed relief surface was constructed from the original photograph and cast in concrete. This was then rephotographed, creating a new reproduction and perspective of the image, examining the transformation of sculpture through photography.

The work investigates the intersections of CGI and analogue photographic methods, proposing new approaches to image-making, using CGI tools as an investigative method to expand on different techniques.

Pushing a 2D image into a 3D surface allows for crossovers between photography and sculpture, bringing dimensionality to the images and introducing materiality into 3D workflows.

That transfer from one material to another, photograph to digital model to physical relief and back, is where the idea of an image becoming more tangible comes into place. Each medium reveals something the previous one couldn't hold, transforming the same image in different ways.