{"id":1859616,"date":"2026-04-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1859616"},"modified":"2026-04-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T21:00:00","slug":"street-artists-take-on-monumental-infrastructure-in-impossible-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1859616","title":{"rendered":"Street Artists Take On Monumental Infrastructure in \u2018Impossible\u2019 Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content prose-colossal max-w-none\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-default entry-header is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"colo-post-featured-image wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ford-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"A photographic print of a dam in Switzerland with a street art intervention superimposed on the image, which is photographed on an easel in front of the same landscape\" style=\"object-fit:cover\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Antonyo Marest, Luzzone Dam, Switzerland. All images courtesy of Joseph Ford, shared with permission<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group post-title is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0bc941e6 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h1 class=\"alignfull wp-block-post-title\">Street Artists Take On Monumental Infrastructure in \u2018Impossible\u2019 Photos<\/h1>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull post-meta is-layout-flex wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-04-01T09:54:37-05:00\">April 1, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a class=\"category-art\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/category\/art\/\" rel=\"tag\">Art<\/a><a class=\"category-photography\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/category\/photography\/\" rel=\"tag\">Photography<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/author\/kmothes\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name__link\">Kate Mothes<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull post-share-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing has-visible-labels has-icon-color is-style-logos-only is-layout-flex wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-is-layout-flex\">\n<li style=\"color: #1c1e0d\" class=\"outermost-social-sharing-link outermost-social-sharing-link-facebook has-crow-color wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thisiscolossal.com%2F2026%2F04%2Fjoseph-ford-impossible-street-art-photography-infrastructure%2F&amp;title=Street%20Artists%20Take%20On%20Monumental%20Infrastructure%20in%20%26%238216%3BImpossible%27%20Photos\" aria-label=\"Share\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link-anchor\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link-label \"><br \/>\n\t\t\tShare\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #1c1e0d\" class=\"outermost-social-sharing-link outermost-social-sharing-link-mail has-crow-color wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#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\" aria-label=\"Email\" class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link-anchor\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link-label \"><br \/>\n\t\t\tEmail\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><button class=\"simplefavorite-button preset\" data-postid=\"472221\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\"><i class=\"sf-icon-bookmark\"><\/i>Bookmark<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Known for his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/tags\/joseph-ford\">collaborative photography<\/a> projects like <em>Invisible Jumpers, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/invisiblejumpers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Joseph Ford<\/a> is interested in perception and intervention. His ongoing series, <em>Impossible Street Art, <\/em>invites artists such as <a href=\"https:\/\/antonyomarest.es\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Antonyo Marest<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexsenna.com.br\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alex Senna<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/madc.tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MadC<\/a> to imagine their work in monumental landscapes via a bit of sleight of hand. The artists create <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/tags\/trompe-loeil\">trompe-l\u2019\u0153il<\/a> interventions on Ford\u2019s photographs, which he then documents on an easel in front of that same place to give a sense of what these huge paintings or installations would feel like <em>in situ<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese new works mostly explore infrastructure in the form of huge concrete constructions\u2014nuclear power plants, dams, fossil fuel power stations,\u201d Ford says. The locations are often connected to the industries and network of energy production, such as hydropower systems, or logistical configurations related to highways and ports.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ford-5.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-472221\" title=\"Alex Senna, Luzzone Dam, Switzerland\" data-rl_title=\"Alex Senna, Luzzone Dam, Switzerland\" data-rl_caption=\"Alex Senna, Luzzone Dam, Switzerland\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1448\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ford-5.jpg\" alt=\"A photographic print of a dam in Switzerland with a street art intervention superimposed on the image, which is photographed on an easel in front of the same landscape\" class=\"wp-image-472226\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alex Senna, Luzzone Dam, Switzerland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For example, the nuclear power station \u201cpainted\u201d by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sskirl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Skirl<\/a> is situated in a sprawling nature preserve on England\u2019s east coast, adjacent to the Suffolk &amp; Essex Coast &amp; Heaths National Landscape, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/11\/01\/business\/britain-nuclear-power-plant-sizewell.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a new plant<\/a> is currently under construction despite much local opposition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese locations are physically in the public domain and dominate their surroundings through their huge scale, but often have restricted access. They are imposed on us\u2014it is impossible not to see them\u2014but it is impossible to engage with them, use them, or sometimes even approach them.\u201d By superimposing street art on otherwise inaccessible sites, Ford and the participating artists address these looming constructions and the nature of energy production as \u201ca way of reclaiming and engaging with them,\u201d he says. <\/p>\n<p>See more on Ford\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/josephfordphotography\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ford-3.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-472221\" title=\"Skirl, Sizewell Nuclear Power Plant, U.K.\" data-rl_title=\"Skirl, Sizewell Nuclear Power Plant, U.K.\" data-rl_caption=\"Skirl, Sizewell Nuclear Power Plant, U.K.\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1465\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ford-3.jpg\" alt=\"A photographic print of a power plant in the U.K. with a street art intervention superimposed on the image, which is photographed on an easel in front of the same landscape\" class=\"wp-image-472224\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Skirl, Sizewell Nuclear Power Plant, U.K.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ford-4.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-472221\" title=\"Sen2, Willington Power Plant, Derbyshire, U.K.\" data-rl_title=\"Sen2, Willington Power Plant, Derbyshire, U.K.\" data-rl_caption=\"Sen2, Willington Power Plant, Derbyshire, U.K.\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1562\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ford-4.jpg\" alt=\"A photographic print of a power plant in the U.K. with a street art intervention superimposed on the image, which is photographed on an easel in front of the same landscape\" class=\"wp-image-472225\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sen2, Willington Power Plant, Derbyshire, U.K.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ford-6.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-472221\" title=\"RH Doaz, Jersey Turnpike, New Jersey\" data-rl_title=\"RH Doaz, Jersey Turnpike, New Jersey\" data-rl_caption=\"RH Doaz, Jersey Turnpike, New Jersey\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1397\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ford-6.jpg\" alt=\"A photographic print of the New Jersey Turnpike from above with a street art intervention superimposed on the image, which is photographed on an easel in front of the same landscape\" class=\"wp-image-472227\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">RH Doaz, Jersey Turnpike, New Jersey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ford-9.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-472221\" title=\"Guy Denning, Luzzone, Switzerland\" data-rl_title=\"Guy Denning, Luzzone, Switzerland\" data-rl_caption=\"Guy Denning, Luzzone, Switzerland\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ford-9.jpg\" alt=\"A photographic print of a landscape with a street art intervention superimposed on a cliff face, photographed on an easel in front of the same landscape\" class=\"wp-image-472230\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Guy Denning, Luzzone, Switzerland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ford-2.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-472221\" title=\"MadC, Luzzone Dam, Switzerland\" data-rl_title=\"MadC, Luzzone Dam, Switzerland\" data-rl_caption=\"MadC, Luzzone Dam, Switzerland\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ford-2.jpg\" alt=\"A photographic print of a dam in Switzerland with a street art intervention superimposed on the image, which is photographed on an easel in front of the same landscape\" class=\"wp-image-472223\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">MadC, Luzzone Dam, Switzerland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ford-8.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-472221\" title=\"Chris RWK, New Jersey\" data-rl_title=\"Chris RWK, New Jersey\" 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All images courtesy of Joseph Ford, shared with permission Street Artists Take On Monumental Infrastructure in \u2018Impossible\u2019 Photos April 1, 2026 ArtPhotography Kate Mothes Share Email Bookmark Known for his collaborative photography projects like Invisible Jumpers, Joseph Ford is interested in perception and intervention. 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