Aerial Abstractions

Artist Statement-

Although aerial perspectives afford great sweeping views, they also afford the opposite. Removing context provokes wonder, thought and reflection.

Communication is more about what one takes out than what one leaves in. Removing the horizon, tipping the camera down, accelerates parsing and simplifying. The moving, fluid environment keeps the aircraft aloft and the senses alive; ones imagination open and intuition unfettered.

I usually fly and photograph by myself in a 1946 Luscombe, a machine that is itself a study of design, function and simplicity.