New Look at Old Places - Surreal Cities

American photographer and filmmaker Randy Scott Slavin invites us to look at the world from a different angle. Or rather, no angles at all. In his photo series, Another Perspective, he takes hundreds of photos and then creates a 360-degree image from them, and an unusual image at that.

Empire State Building (Randy Scott Slavin / Rex Features)

In this image, titled "Hand of God," a beach appears to be held by a huge, rocky hand. Randy travels across America to find the landscapes for his work. He says the calming atmosphere of his work is the complete opposite of his frantic New York lifestyle. (Randy Scott Slavin/Rex Features)

Randy chooses his locations in a variety of ways; sometimes he just stumbles upon a spot, and other times he knows exactly what he wants. “For this photo, called Sea and Moon, I found the location while driving along the coast in Florida. As the sun was setting, there was a moment that lasted only about 10 seconds, but the sunlight was so golden it seemed almost unreal. Within a minute of taking the shot, it was pouring rain.” (Randy Scott Slavin/Rex Features)

“I took a photo called ‘Big Sur’ while on vacation with my fiancée. Northern California is a magical place where majestic elements collide. It’s almost impossible to take a bad photo. We spent the day on a cliff with clouds passing below us. It was like being on a plane. I ran to get my gear and photographed the place. It was just a surreal place.” (Randy Scott Slavin / Rex Features)

“The process of photographing these places is the shortest part of making these photos. The longest part is finding a place worth shooting, and finding the best place to shoot from. You can’t light the landscapes, so you have to figure out the best time of day to take the photos. Sometimes that means waiting and watching.” Pictured: Battery Park, New York. (Randy Scott Slavin / Rex Features)

Battery Park at night. (Randy Scott Slavin/Rex Features)

Palm trees in Florida. (Randy Scott Slavin/Rex Features)

Redwoods, Big Sur, Calif. (Randy Scott Slavin/Rex Features)

Everglades, Florida. (Randy Scott Slavin/Rex Features)

Tudor City at night, New York. (Randy Scott Slavin/Rex Features)

Cell, Rocky Point, New York. (Randy Scott Slavin/Rex Features)

Fore, Fla. (Randy Scott Slavin/Rex Features)

"In a Glass," Connecticut. (Randy Scott Slavin/Rex Features)

Railroad tracks, Connecticut. (Randy Scott Slavin/Rex Features)

Dock, Westport, Conn. (Randy Scott Slavin/Rex Features)

"In Dreams," Florida. (Randy Scott Slavin/Rex Features)

"In Dreams 2," Florida. (Randy Scott Slavin/Rex Features)

"Alice," Florida. (Randy Scott Slavin/Rex Features)

Randy Scott Slavin selects a location for a future kaleidoscope photograph. (Randy Scott Slavin / Rex Features)