The work of one of the world’s greatest aerial photographers is to be exhibited in London for the first time. Photographing from 5000ft, Alex MacLean’s images reveal the complexities and absurdities of contemporary life across America and Europe.
Above, B-52, ‘Bone Yard’, Tuscon, Arizona, USA
Picture: Alex MacLean/Beetles+Huxley
A fully licensed pilot, MacLean uses his highly efficient Cessna 182 plane to explore the world recording landscapes, architecture and human behaviour from a bird’s eye view. Above, shipping containers, Portsmouth, Virginia, USA, 2011.Picture: Alex MacLean/Beetles+Huxley
Bathers in wave pool, Orlando, Florida, USA, 1999
Desert housing block, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 2009
Over ramps, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, 2008
Floating daisy docks, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1990
The Jolly Roger, Ocean City Amusement Park, Ocean City, Marylandd, USA, 2011
Marked territory, Viareggio, Italy, 2010Picture: Alex MacLean/Beetles+Huxley
Brightly painted houses, Burano, Italy,
source::::The Telegraph UK
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