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Happy landings


Grounded by lockdown, Thomas Nolf turned to the virtual skies to rekindle a childhood dream of flight. In his book As Real As It Gets (2025), he considers how flight simulation culture reflects our collective longing to escape.

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All images from Thomas Nolf’s
As Real As It Gets (Art Paper Editions, 2025).