WEIGHTLESS (LINES OF FLIGHT)
Minimalist photographic abstraction 10,000ft above ground
This series of photographs was taken onboard a commercial airliner on a winter's day, somewhere over the North of France.
The thick, greyish-white cloud cover reflected a faint glow just above the horizon line, where the sky turns from light azure to deep azure as the altitude increases, giving a clue as to the upward direction. The wing was in the shadow of the aircraft's body, which caused it to appear metallic blue, without any post-processing.
With little else to look at than mere lines and geometric fields of almost uniform colour but for very subtle light variations, the eye travels to the non-level horizon line in an almost disembodied way, inducing a sensation of floating/weightlessness that is not unlike that of being underwater.
This series also questions the nature of perception in that it could almost be a purely painterly abstraction, but is an actual representation of nature as captured by the camera. It further blurs the line between painting and photography.
Fine Art Photography Awards, Nominee, Amateur Abstract category:
Thanks for looking... hope you felt the flying :-)
