Dreamlike photos of miniature street scenes

Photographer Andy Rudak and model maker Luke san de Wiel created incredible (and unusual) street scenes in miniature that became the the subjects of gorgeous images.

“I knew I wanted the shots to portray a scene of serenity and create an almost dreamlike scenario. No movement, merely a feeling of calm stillness….without the people there the city falls silent, its just you, the buildings and the animal,” Rudak told Smithsonian. “The fact that the animal didn’t really belong in the habitat was to aid the feeling of being in a dream.”