Ricardo Rodrigues is a fictional alter ego with phenomenal creative talents

Date
26 November 2012

Advertising creative and all-round nice guy Mico Toledo has had a little bit of time on his hands recently and rather than fill that void with computer games and over-eating he’s created himself a latino alter-ego who creates imaginary, mystical national parks from found postcards – he’s called Ricardo Rodrigues. Sounds VERY weird, but actually it’s only a little bit odd and ultimately brilliant.

Amalgamating a mass of found material into carefully arranged compositions, Ricardo Rodrigues has pieced together some pretty stunning imaginary landscapes that fuse all the best bits of Yosemite, The Alps, summertime Switzerland and Scandinavia. It’s a beautifully executed project that conclusively solves the problem of global tourism’s effects on the environment – just put everything together in one place and stop faffing about. Job done!

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Ricardo Rodrigues: Frostbite Trail

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Ricardo Rodrigues: Gebogener Berg

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Ricardo Rodrigues: Lady Face Summit

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Ricardo Rodrigues: La Roca Enamorada

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Ricardo Rodrigues: Roche Errant

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Ricardo Rodrigues: Rocliffe Valley

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Ricardo Rodrigues: Sawfoomonosue Valley

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Ricardo Rodrigues: The Faithful Five

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Ricardo Rodrigues: Tunarvore

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Ricardo Rodrigues: Thunder Skye Falls

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James Cartwright

James started out as an intern in 2011 and came back in summer of 2012 to work online and latterly as Print Editor, before leaving in May 2015.

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