Matthew Brandt is equal parts documentary and landscape photographer. What sets him apart from his ilk is his printing process, in which he soaks his large-format, C-prints in the waters of the lakes that form his subject matter. While the photographs of the subjects could easily replicated, the transient nature of the lakes, their chemical makeup, the presence of various biological life-forms, ensure that Brandt's photographs are as unique and elegant as the waters from which they draw their composition. The resultant body of work is dreamy, spectacularly flawed, and dynamic. They make me dream of summers spent on Lake Michigan, and I become nostalgic for those impossibly long days and electric nights.

* all images courtesy of the artist, Matthew Brandt's portfolio can be found HERE