Ellie Diez-Massaro’s hand painted photographs create a mixture of reality and fantasy. The uninhabited landscapes are evocative, slightly surreal and sometimes other worldly.

Whether it’s Florida, the desolate landscape of the Great Plains or countryside in Europe, her images reflect her own unique vision and convey a sense of solitude and tranquility.

Through the use of infrared, with its surreal quality and the application of color, found more in the imagination then in real life, she transports the viewer into a world between reality and dreams..................