From a Window: Art from the air

[compilerbitch]

737 Shines


This is the first of two (or possibly more) portfolios I'm putting together from aerial photography from my trip to the Haughton Mars Project site on Devon Island in the Canadian high arctic.

(All photos: Sarah Thompson/Haughton Mars Project)

During my trip, I found myself having considerable opportunity for aerial photography. In all, I photographed from a 737, a Beechcraft 100, a Twin Otter (two flights), a helicopter, and a C-130 Hercules (three flights). This portfolio is comprised of images from the 737, one of the Twin Otter flights and the helicopter. Locations are mostly Devon Island, unless specified.

Artistically speaking, what I am going for is applying a fairly forceful B&W presentation to aerial images, giving a traditional landscape photography feel to images that are more typically seen in mapping systems like Google Earth. All of these photos were shot with a Nikon D200, hand-held. The helicopter shots were shot without glass, with the door removed, so I was hanging out of the door from the copilot's seat, though I was wearing a 4-point harness. The other images were shot through windows, so I am grateful for finding glass with reasonably good optical quality.






All Together Now







Almost Home







Before Takeoff







Coastal







Edge







Fingerprint







Freezing Lake







Frost Polygons







Land and Sea







No Flow







No Green







No Trees, No Branches, No Fruit







Sea Ice







Slant







Three







Breccia Curves







Breccia Edge







Breccia Fan







Breccia Polygons







Breccia Polygons 2







Breccia







Broken Curve







Desire Lines







Dry River







Flow Stasis







Home







Hydrothermal Vents and Breccia







Mars Hab







No Step







Perspective







Welcome to Mars

Comments

[lady-illflower.livejournal.com]

They're really fascinating and gorgeous! If it was an exhibition I'd go see it and if it was a book I'd buy it.

"Flow stasis" breaks my brain from sheer fabulousness.

[compilerbitch.livejournal.com]

Wow, thanks -- coming from you, that is really a huge compliment, and I do appreciate it. :-)

Devon Island is a scary, inhospitable place at times, but it's also utterly stunning in many respects. I feel very privileged for having had the chance to go there. The photography had to be fitted in around lots of other responsibilities, but even then, I did have enough time to devote to it that I got some results I'm pleased with. There's a lot more to come, so I'll be making a few more of these posts over the next few weeks, I hope. :-)