First inspired by the surreal setting of British Columbia, Toni Hafkenscheid blurs the lines between fact and fiction by exploring various typically awe-inspiring landscapes which he describes as “bizarre and almost fake” in his exhibition HO. Named after the scale of model train sets, his photographs which are taken from real life vistas, resemble the make-believe world constructed through model trains.  Using a shallow depth of field to make some parts of the image soft and others in focus, and modifying the colours to look like old postcards, Hafkenscheid’s images recall a certain American dream, an idealized view of an immediate future typical of the 1950’s.