Is This Real?
Cath Simard
Is This Real? examines the unstable boundary between documentation and invention in contemporary landscape photography. Through digitally constructed composites, Cath Simard invites viewers to consider how truth in art is shaped not by factual accuracy, but by emotional resonance and memory.
The works presented here are not spontaneous captures. Each begins with a physically demanding process: multi-day solo expeditions, mountaineering ascents, and extended periods spent hiking and camping in remote wilderness. From these journeys, Simard collects dozens of photographic fragments: variations in light, weather, and perspective which she later weaves into singular, cohesive images.
While grounded in actual locations, these landscapes remain deliberately ambiguous. They suggest a dual terrain, external and internal, where observation gives way to interpretation. In doing so, Simard reframes the role of the photographer: not as passive observer, but as architect of perception.
Past ResonancePOS CS 710 2$9,800
EurêkaPOS CS 710 3$2,990
PersévérancePOS CS 710 4$2,990
MiragePOS CS 710 5$2,990
I Found YouPOS CS 710 6$9,800
Shape of SilencePOS CS 710 7$2,990
Lifepath 9POS CS 710 8$2,990
Life After LifePOS CS 710 9$2,990
Clair De LunePOS CS 710 10$2,990
Jardin SecretPOS CS 710 11$9,800
The PortalPOS CS 710 12$2,990
Infinity MantraPOS CS 710 13$2,990
Energy is Us and AllPOS CS 710 14$2,990
Déjà VuPOS CS 710 15$2,990
Les parts du SoiPOS CS 710 16$9,800
Lunar SolipsismPOS CS 710 17$2,990
XtasisPOS CS 710 18$2,990
Nuit BlanchePOS CS 710 19$2,990
Gnossienne No.1POS CS 710 20$2,990
Bleeding Blues - The Final VisionPOS CS 710 21$2,990
Trillion Star HotelPOS CS 710 22$990
Above the NoisePOS CS 710 23$990
NocturnalsPOS CS 710 24$2,990
The CellPOS CS 710 25$2,990
See You On The Other SidePOS CS 710 26$9,800