I just squealed with delight finding these scale model photographs by Michael Paul Smith.

From the man himself:

“What started out as an exercise in model building and photography, ended up as a dream-like reconstruction of the town I grew up in. It’s not an exact recreation, but it does capture the mood of my memories.
And like a dream, many of the buildings show up in different configurations throughout the photos. Or sometimes, the buildings stay put and the backgrounds change.

The buildings are 1/24th scale [ or 1/2 inch equals a foot ]. They are constructed of Gator board, styrene plastic, Sintra [ a light flexible plastic that can be carved, and painted ] plus numerous found objects; such as jewelery pieces, finishing washers and printed material.”

All of these amazing little dioramas have not been photoshopped at all! What you see is what you get, which is a lovely scene of someone’s memory. Sigh. Double sigh. I feel like Gregory Crewdson would appreciate this work.