ENTRY DESCRIPTION
Tiny Planet of another deforming reality from the movie Inception with Leonardo DiCaprio. Filming location at Pont de Bir-Hakeim.

TECHNIQUE: Stereographic Projection from a 360 Photo made of 4 bracketed shots stitched together.

EQUIPMENT: Canon EOS 5DMkIII + Sigma 8mm fisheye lens + tripod with panoramic head.

EDITING: Photoshop and PTGui Pro.

LOCATION: Paris, France

2015 © Christian Kleiman

Within any landscape another hidden one is unexpected, unless the secret of this reality is revealed with creative and playful processing.

A Tiny Planet is a cool concept that comes out of a 360 panoramic image after the processing throughout specialized software which enables me to create an original composition.

AUTHOR
Christian Kleiman is an award-winning fine art photographer specializing in spherical panoramas known as “Tiny Planet” compositions.

Born in Albir, Alicante (Spain) in 1969, with over a decade of unwavering dedication, Kleiman has carved a distinctive space in contemporary art photography through technical mastery and conceptual originality.

The result is visual escapism that has been described by LensCulture critics as:

“…a radical antidote to endless scrolling”
“…portals that remind us to pause and dream”
“…existential content that is honest and true… touching both a child and an adult from completely different cultural backgrounds”

His signature style, meticulously crafted 360-degree panoramas reimagined as miniature planets, blends architectural precision with poetic surrealism, earning him international recognition.

Key recognitions and exhibitions:

* TIFA 2nd Place Category Winner + Gold Winner - “Tiny Planet-sur-Seine” (2025)
* TIFA 1st Place Category Winner - “Planets of a Tiny Prince” (2023)
* Over 130 international awards

* Exhibitions in: Barcelona, Tokyo, Budapest, New York, Rome, Florence, Bologna, Napoli, London, Dubai.

Three of Kleiman’s major series received in-depth LensCulture portfolio reviews:

* “Tiny Planet-sur-Seine” – praised for revealing “something new about Paris and pushing photography “in a new and interesting direction”

* “Planets of a Tiny Prince” – celebrated for its emotional depth and connection to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s classic, with the reviewer concluding: “Your story about the Tiny Prince and his planets is something inspirational… a work worth to be remembered”

* “What a Wonderful World” – noted for its technical brilliance and ability to differentiate itself in an increasingly popular genre.

Christian is guided solely by inspiration and rigorous self-education, he relentlessly explores new modes of expression in pursuit of the unseen.

Based in the United Arab Emirates since 2023, he continues to push the boundaries of spherical photography, revealing hidden geometries within the everyday.

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