[The Guardian] Infrared visions of Earth – in pictures

Infrared visions of Earth – in pictures

Photographer and art director Paolo Pettigiani grew up climbing and hiking in the Italian Alps. Though he now runs a creative agency in Turin, he still wanted to capture his vision of the natural world. “I think colours represent my academic spirit and nature represents my love for outdoor sports.”

The result is Infraland, a series of infrared landscape photos taken with a special camera converted to show the full colour spectrum. “Infrared shows us the invisible world,” he says. “This light sits outside the spectrum the human eye detects. Using it, you show something ordinary in a new way. It makes nature the protagonist of my images.”

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