Tropical South America 15s 70w

Creative Rationale

Over the high Altiplano of Bolivia and Peru, where thin mountain air creates an ethereal landscape of extremes, the atmospheric data reveals a world of compressed intensity and flowing transformations. The extremely low pressure at this altitude creates a claustrophobic compression of forms, while the significant temperature anomaly drives tortured, distorted shapes that press urgently against the picture plane. The moderate humidity allows biomorphic forms to partially dissolve into one another without complete dissolution, creating that characteristic Gorky tension between definition and ambiguity.