was born in 1965 in Zurich, Switzerland; he currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Primarily dealing with both natural and man-made disasters Draeger has created works that are based on historical events, but the majority of his photographs depict apocalyptic scenes that the artist has created in his studio. Using miniature pieces from railroad sets, toy cars, dirt, and other elements, Draeger constructs vast model landscapes. There are almost no clues within the piece that would give away the true scale of the scene.These tableaux of simulated wreckage turn the current media culture’s obsession with disasters and wreckage into a kitch-type product by having the photographs ink-jet printed on giant sheets of PVC, in the same manner advertising banners are. The work Catastrophe #1 and Catastrophe #2 were recently loaded to the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art for an exhibition titled Game Show.