Drawing on the spatial principles of the diorama, this series of photographs explores how representations of natural environments can be constructed, staged, and ultimately unmade. Sculpted from concrete, veiled in cotton, organic and industrial references merge into miniature landforms that sit ambiguously between plausibility and artifice.
While the images resemble the visual language of romantic landscape photography, subtle shifts in scale, material integrity and repetition challenge the credibility the photographs initially suggest.
Proxy Frames, 2025
4 inkjet prints, each 30 × 40 cm
mounted and framed in aluminium
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Daniela Trost, Proxy Frames, 2025, inkjet prints, 30 × 40 cm, mounted on and framed in aluminium.
Drawing on the spatial principles of the diorama, Proxy Frames explores how representations of natural environments can be constructed, staged, and ultimately unmade. Sculpted from concrete, veiled in cotton, organic and industrial references merge into miniature landforms, sitting ambiguously between plausibility and artifice. While the images resemble the visual language of romantic landscape paintings, slight disruptions in scale and material integrity challenge the credibility the photographs initially suggest.
Daniela Trost lives and works between Vienna and Milan. She holds a Master’s degree in Applied Photography from the University of Applied Arts Vienna. Trost constructs photographic images through a precise engagement with light, material, and spatial configuration. Her practice treats light as a sculptural parameter, used to model image space, modulate surface responses, and generate atmospheres of controlled perceptual tension. Rather than simply documenting physical environments, she builds visual structures that simulate, destabilize or displace spatial coherence.
