In the “Itch” series, I reflected on my experience coming out of the pandemic by combining utopic images of cityscapes and skyscapes with industrial, urban interiors to create a space of imagination and fantasy. Through this series, I attempted to produce the world of the subconscious and desire, forming the visual by juxtaposing the beauty of the natural world with the concrete structure through which it is glimpsed. The work evokes a sense of subconscious desire, perhaps to an escape, perhaps to a place of freedom. The use of documentary-style images married in this way creates an uncanny dissonance; a sense that independently would read as true to life seems surreal when presented in this imaginary combination. By creating this tension between the real and unreal, these works point to the potential of photography to hold both truth and fiction at once.