and graduation project, Under The Same Sky, explores the cloud forests of the world - fragile ecosystems suspended in mist, existing in a delicate balance between light and obscurity, growth and decay. The photographs, taken between 2023 and 2024 in Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Madeira, Indonesia, and Colombia, do not aim to document a specific place but rather evoke a world beyond geographical boundaries. The title suggests a quiet unity between these landscapes, emphasizing the idea that they all exist under the same sky, independent of human constructs of politics or ownership.

The series moves beyond traditional landscape photography by creating an imagined space - one rooted in memory, dissociation, and the longing for refuge. As a child, Spaude conjured landscapes in his mind as sanctuaries, places untouched by time, where the weight of reality dissolved. These photographs do not depict a literal reality; they reflect an inner vision, a world shaped by his personal experiences.

Rendered in black and white, the images heighten contrasts, differentiate details into shadow and light. The absence of color and man-made objects abstracts the landscapes, detaching them from temporal and spatial specificity. In doing so, Under The Same Sky questions the role of perception in our experience of nature: Is a landscape defined by its physical presence, or by the emotions and memories it evokes? What remains when we strip away the markers of place and time?

At a moment when the world’s last untouched spaces are vanishing, this work serves both as a document and an elegy. It acknowledges the ephemeral nature of these forests - not only in an ecological sense but also in the way they exist within human consciousness. Like the clouds that weave through the trees, these landscapes are transient, shifting between the real and the imagined, between presence and absence.