Didier Massard

This French photographer designs intricate tabletop models of landscapes and wildlife, then shoots gorgeous, large-scale color images of them. Massard infuses his photos with haunting atmosphere. "Rhinoceros" (left) has the utterly convincing, craggy-faced beast lumbering through a mist, eye glinting. Blue-green underwater scenes such as "The Corals" (above) and "Underwater Garden" (detail, right) are brightly moody, cut with shafts of sunlight and populated with a hovering jellyfish and neon scraps of coral. His worlds are like vivid dreams charged with emotion. That so-real-it-can't-be-real quality makes them almost irresistible. Tue-Fri 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Sat 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Robert Klein Gallery, 38 Newbury St., Boston. 617-267-7997. robertkleingallery.com