Branches Diptych Infrared – Tree Grows in Harlem & Jon Smyth New Jersey | Ryan Struck World & Color Series
Titled "branches," this diptych Aerochrome infrared photograph from Ryan Struck's "World & Color" series contrasts two worlds: left, "A tree grows in Harlem" capturing resilient urban foliage in New York City; right, "Jon Smyth in New Jersey" portraying a figure (possibly environmental or personal) in a Jersey setting—all on rare, discontinued Kodak Aerochrome reversal film. The film's false-color transformation renders vegetation in electric magenta, hot pink, and crimson bursts—capturing near-infrared light (700–900 nm) invisible to the eye—while urban/human elements deepen into cyan-purple ethereal tones, evoking psychedelic parallels between city survival and personal presence in altered realities. The medium-format split composition invites comparison and reflection on perception across environments. Part of the series chronicling travels and encounters with scarce military-origin stock, this image aligns with neuroaesthetics on anomalous color's effects on aesthetic contrast, emotional duality, and creative urban-nature interpretation; visual neuroscience explorations of false-color diptych processing and altered consciousness; consciousness/psychedelic thinkers seeing metaphors for expanded awareness in diverse settings; and creative directors/art directors seeking bold, conceptual diptych/portrait/urban/editorial photography for high-end lifestyle, environmental, cultural, or experimental brand campaigns. A rare, museum-caliber work bridging documentary juxtaposition, perception science, and surreal revelation.