Luca Cristiano's Composites exhibition experiments with layered imagery, blending multiple exposures and elements to create surreal narratives from real-world observations. Inspired by his analog roots and desire to manipulate photographic processes, Cristiano combines Instax and digital techniques to construct composite worlds that question reality and perception. This collection probes the boundaries between truth and artifice, showcasing his innovative approach to storytelling through photography and prompting viewers to scan these intricate prints for deeper meanings, away from the superficial glance of online galleries.
CHARYIBDIS, ’25
Limited Edition of 9 and 3AP
Signed by the Artist
17” x 22” | “30 x 40”
Digital Photography | A Composite photograph of a mural and Lake Michigan| Archival Pigment Print
“Here is a composite photo of lake Michigan’s violent spitting waves in winter and of the lips and mouth detail from @jeffzimmermann mural at oakstreet beach. Whenever I make a photographic composite I try to combine things in proximity, I.e. the waves are actually directly behind the mural. It’s a photographic representation of one of the sea monsters Odysseus and his crew must face in the Odyssey…but in Chicago!”
RENDER UNTO CAESAR, ’25
Limited Edition of 9 and 3AP
Signed by the Artist
17” x 22” | “30 x 40”
Digital Photography | A Facial Composite photograph of 19th century intaglio print of Caesar’s bust and manipulated scan of a sheet of uncut one dollar bills | Archival Pigment Print
“Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s.”
SOUND WAVES I., ’25
Limited Edition of 9 and 3AP
Signed by the Artist
17” x 22” | “30 x 40”
Digital Photography | A composite photograph of 1, Frank Gehry’s Pritzker Pavilion during a snow storm integrated with 2. A photo of dramatic waves from lake Michigan | Archival Pigment Print
“Lake Michigan engulfing Frank Gehry’s “Pritzker Pavilion” music bandshell into a visual depiction of acoustical frequencies, i.e. “sound waves.”
SOUND WAVES II. , ’25
Limited Edition of 9 and 3AP
Signed by the Artist
17” x 22” | “30 x 40”
Digital Photography | A composite photograph of 1, Frank Gehry’s Pritzker Pavilion during a snow storm integrated with 2. A photo of dramatic waves from lake Michigan | Archival Pigment Print
“Music is liquid architecture; architecture is frozen music.” -Goethe<
SANDSTORM, ‘25
Limited Edition of 9 and 3AP
Signed by the Artist
17” x 22” | “30 x 40”
Photography | This is a composite photograph: 1. Mixed Dunes of sand and snow taken from Oak Street Beach in the winter, 2. Daniel Burnham’s caryatids at the Field Museum | Archival pigment print
SCREENWAVES, 25’
Limited Edition of 9 and 3AP
Signed by the Artist
17” x 22” | “30 x 40”
Digital Photography | A photograph of a menacing wave mixed with CRT Scan lines: Scan lines on a Cathode Ray Tube Television are the illuminated horizontal lines drawn from right to left by a focused electron beam scanning across the phosphor-coated screen | Archival Pigment Print