Toronto-based Hafkenscheid explores the surreal
quality of famed tourist destinations. Although his
photographs depict actual landscapes, they
create, through use of in-camera focus and
exposure techniques, the illusion of model train
sets or architectural maquettes. Transforming
monuments of social weight into delicate, intricate
toys, he simultaneously deflates and exacerbates
their iconic power, challenging viewers to consider
how these architectures shape our sense of
identity, place, politics, and consciousness.