Ultraplanets is an astronomical atlas based on a deliberate manipulation of NASA’s archive. Factual images, captured by probes and telescopes, are dissected and combined with unrelated visual fragments and subsequently reassembled to create new imaginary worlds.

The process undergoes several stages. It begins by transforming digital images into physical negatives, similar to traditional film processing. These are then developed in a darkroom. However, instead of using standard chemicals, images are developed using special homemade recipes derived from plants.

The artist: Diego Brambilla is an Italian artist based in Zürich, Switzerland, who graduated from the London College of Communication with an MA in photography in 2015.

His work employs a range of analog and digital photographic processes to blend real and imaginary. Driven by the fascination with mystery and ambiguity, Diego aims to challenge the perception of reality. Dry and essential, his pictures are inward landscapes, states of mind, and atmospheres full of uneasiness and irony.

His work has been exhibited internationally in London, Zurich, Milan, and Padua. He received the LifeFramer award and the PhotoX award, and he has been selected and shortlisted for Voies Off Arles, Athens Photo Festival, and PhotogrVphy Grant. Diego's work has been featured in magazines such as Fisheye Magazine, GUP, Phasesmag, Wired (the US and Japan), published in the Paris Opera booklet, and featured on Rai3 (Italian national television).

www.diegobrambilla.com
Lives and works in Zürich.