Digital aerial photography

These images were taken on 12/27/14 over the lower Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay,

These images were taken on 12/26/14 over the lower Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay,

These images were taken on 12/26 and 27, 2014 over the lower Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay,

Digital aerial photographs

Aerial Photographs taken while flying alone in a small aircraft.

With an artistic background in photography and painting, my interest in aerial photography has been less directed towards representational or descriptive images and more towards making images that capture the abstract expressive beauty of distinct landforms ---often those which have been altered in some way by the hand of man.
My canvas includes quarries, mines, and excavations where the materials of the earth have been churned up and rearranged and redistributed. These landscapes become for me compositions of color, texture, and form, and when combined with natural light are true artistic compositions. When the viewer stands from my photographs it tends to
blur the distinction between whether they are seeing an actual photograph or a painting or hand-made print. This transformative experience is the essence of my artistry.