In Transit - AMS to LAX (Amsterdam Schiphol) - Limited Edition 2 of 20 Photograph

First printed: 2016 Returning from Nairobi to Los Angeles via Amsterdam, our KLM flight flew over the orderly agricultural and industrial landscape of the Netherlands. I trained a telephoto lens on what appears to be a rock-processing plant with railroad and maritime shipping facilities. “Miniature faking” has become a popular trick whereby life-size locations are made to look like scale models, typically by blurring the top and bottom of the image using a tilt-shift lens, or in post-production using Photoshop. Here, air disturbance from the jet exhaust achieves the same illusion at the moment of capture, without the use of special equipment. This type of in-camera alchemy is at the heart of my photographic practice; adding another layer of casual surrealism to this depiction of modern commercial aviation. For as long as I can remember, I’ve been enthralled by the everyday surrealism of modern air travel. Inspired by a vernacular image from the early days of commercial aviation, I was struck not only by the marvel of aerial views, but also by the presence of the wing, a riveted mass of inevitably obsolete machinery that renders these images evocative and anachronistic. Wherever I go, I always secure a seat behind the wing, and delight in the casual miracle of speeding across the heavens. I have been collecting photos for this series "Armchair in the Sky" for over 20 years using various cameras, both film and digital. The images do not take their final form until they have been interpreted as photographic prints, a process I began in June of 2016. While I'm generally considered a "desert photographer," I approach this work as an extension of my landscape practice which examines the interaction of humans with the environment. Flight Patterns - Art Share LA - Los Angeles, CA - 2016 Each print is titled, signed, dated and numbered on verso. There is an approximately 2" white border around the image area. Prints are manufactured in-house at Chungking Studio in Los Angeles Chinatown. Papers include Hahnemuhle Fine Art Museum Etching, Museo Silver Rag, and Moab Entrada Rag Natural, and are selected based on exhaustive tests to determine which material best suits the interpretation of each individual image. These museum-quality, 290-350 GSM-weight papers are exceptionally robust and render outstanding detail. After a successful print is inspected and approved, a protective seal is applied using a three-step process that increases moisture, dirt, fingerprint, and UV resistance; extending the already significant color-fastness of modern archival inks approximately 3x the length of untreated prints. Note: Image area is approximately 12x19" on 17x22" paper.