Take a closer look at this landscape. You may notice that the mountains in the background are not made from stone but from piles of garbage held together by netting. Using the technique of photomontage, Yao Lu combined digital images of natural and artificial forms to construct an image inspired by the layered perspective and composition of traditional Chinese landscape painting. In the use of trash to shape the natural landscape, the artist was commenting on the harmful impact of our increasingly disposable culture on the environment and the loss of knowledge around ancient traditions and practices.