March 27, 2009

Alex MacLean - Aerial Photography.


Detail of Cul-de-Sac Sub-Division
Honolulu Area, Hawaii © 2009 Alex S. MacLean - www.alexmaclean.com Images used with permission of the artist.


"Pilot and photographer Alex MacLean has flown his plane over much of the United States documenting the landscape. Trained as an architect, he has portrayed the history and evolution of the land from vast agricultural patterns to city grids, recording changes brought about by human intervention and natural processes. His powerful and descriptive images provide clues to understanding the relationship between the natural and constructed environments" (Source: Alex MacLean)

Book recommendation (via amazon): Over: The American Landscape at the Tipping Point


Cleared Housing Lots on Cul-de-Sac Miami Area, Florida © 2009 Alex S. MacLean - www.alexmaclean.com Images used with permission of the artist.

The image of the "real estate bubble"?