Presented as part of the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival, Land/s, by U.S.-based Iranian photographer Gohar Dashti, investigates the power of nature to make people feel at home, no matter where they find themselves on Earth.

Each photo in the series showcases a mobile billboard situated in a different spectacular landscape in Iran. Though the photos on the billboards closely resemble the topographies they have been set against, each one was taken more than 10,000 kilometres away, in the U.S.

By inserting American imagery into Iranian landscapes, Dashti reveals the wilderness as a refuge for people longing for “home” while building a new life in a foreign land. Land/s is a reminder of how nature connects us to our homelands, childhoods, cultures, and histories.