Is This Real?

Cath Simard

Is This Real? examines the unstable boundary between documentation and invention in contemporary landscape photography. Through digitally constructed composites, Cath Simard invites viewers to consider how truth in art is shaped not by factual accuracy, but by emotional resonance and memory.

The works presented here are not spontaneous captures. Each begins with a physically demanding process: multi-day solo expeditions, mountaineering ascents, and extended periods spent hiking and camping in remote wilderness. From these journeys, Simard collects dozens of photographic fragments: variations in light, weather, and perspective which she later weaves into singular, cohesive images.

While grounded in actual locations, these landscapes remain deliberately ambiguous. They suggest a dual terrain, external and internal, where observation gives way to interpretation. In doing so, Simard reframes the role of the photographer: not as passive observer, but as architect of perception.

Past Resonance$9,800

Eurêka$2,990

Persévérance$2,990

Mirage$2,990

I Found You$9,800

Shape of Silence$2,990

Lifepath 9$2,990

Life After Life$2,990

Clair De Lune$2,990

Jardin Secret$9,800

The Portal$2,990

Infinity Mantra$2,990

Energy is Us and All$2,990

Déjà Vu$2,990

Les parts du Soi$9,800

Lunar Solipsism$2,990

Xtasis$2,990

Nuit Blanche$2,990

Gnossienne No.1$2,990

Bleeding Blues - The Final Vision$2,990

Trillion Star Hotel$990

Above the Noise$990

Nocturnals$2,990

The Cell$2,990

See You On The Other Side$9,800

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