Badlands II | Hanksville, Utah
From directly above Hanksville at blue hour, the Jurassic desert terrain shifts into an unexpected palette - the iron-red rock cooling to deep blue in the shadow channels, the exposed ridgelines catching the last yellow warmth before the light goes entirely.
Open edition - Aerial fine art by Tobias Hägg - 210g natural white art paper, matte finish
archival paper
shipping above €95
Stockholm, Sweden
"The quality of the images was greater than I could have ever hoped for. I am proud to call myself a collector of his work."
Matthew D. ·
The terrain around Hanksville in the San Rafael Swell is Jurassic mudstone and sandstone that has been eroding for 150 million years - the same geological surface as Blue Hour, shot from a different altitude and angle as the light failed. At blue hour the atmospheric diffusion fills the deep shadow channels with cool blue while the last direct light from the western sky still catches the highest surfaces in yellow - producing a colour relationship that has nothing to do with the landscape's daytime appearance and everything to do with the physics of light at the edge of day.
The blue and yellow palette sits in an unusual register for aerial landscape photography - warm and cool simultaneously, the contrast between the two colours giving the image a visual tension that purely monochrome desert shots lack. It works in spaces that need something with presence and colour without the intensity of a fully saturated image.
Craft & Materials
| Paper | 210g natural white art paper, matte finish - lifetime archival quality |
| Border | 50mm white border for easy framing |
| Framing | Fits standard frames (not included) |
| Sizes | 30×40 cm - 50×70 cm - 70×100 cm |
| Delivery | 3-14 days, shipped in a protective tube |
| Shipping | Worldwide - free above €95 |
| Paper | 210g natural white art paper, matte — lifetime archival quality |
| Border | 50mm white border for easy framing |
| Framing | Fits standard frames (not included) |
| Delivery | 3–14 days, shipped in a protective tube |
| Shipping | Worldwide — free above €95 |
Badlands II
The terrain around Hanksville in the San Rafael Swell is Jurassic mudstone and sandstone that has been eroding for 150 million years - the same geological surface as Blue Hour, shot from a different altitude and angle as the light failed. At blue hour the atmospheric diffusion fills the deep shadow channels with cool blue while the last direct light from the western sky still catches the highest surfaces in yellow - producing a colour relationship that has nothing to do with the landscape's daytime appearance and everything to do with the physics of light at the edge of day. The blue and yellow palette sits in an unusual register for aerial landscape photography - warm and cool simultaneously, the contrast between the two colours giving the image a visual tension that purely monochrome desert shots lack. It works in spaces that need something with presence and colour without the intensity of a fully saturated image.
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