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Victoria Siemer’s work primarily focuses on manipulated nature. In her mirrored landscape images the foreground is typically composed of a landform (e.g. a cliff, a forest, a mountain, etc.) with the background comprising of a mysterious mist or fog which helps make the transition to the flipped image more convincing as it hides the edge. Meanwhile, in her teacup images the foreground is a teacup or mug with some form of natural environment positioned inside with the cup itself being placed on a simple background such as a plain colour or texture. Siemer’s work is realistic, in which some elements have been manipulated.
The pieces are arranged pretty basically; they typically have the interest in the central third of the image. The colours of the images tend to be quite muted with a few vibrant exceptions, she also uses a lot of contrast between the highlights and shadows.
Her work was most likely taken using a digital camera and then edited using photoshop or another photo editing software alternative. In order to reach the level of quality which she is working at, Siemer would have spent a large amount of time creating these images.
Her flipped landscape pieces provoke a mysterious feeling, this is primarily because of her use of natural mist and fog which obscures sections of the landscape making the viewer wonder what is hidden, the landscape pieces also elicit a feeling of relaxedness and inspiration. Her teacup images incite a sense of curiosity as they are seemingly an immense world packed within the confines of a small teacup.