This is a brief excerpt from PetaPixel
Michael Zhang · Mar 22, 2013
Jeffrey Milstein has two huge passions: photography and aviation. For his project Aircraft: The Jet as Art, Milstein visited airport runways between 2005 and 2009 and created large-scale photos of various aircraft at the precise moment they passed directly overhead.Here’s what Milstein has to say about the series:
This work combines passions for form, symmetry, color, and flight. As a typology of aircraft, these photographs open up conversations about the complexity and beauty of modern technology. They are an attempt to share my sense of wonder. Watching a mammoth Boeing 747 gracefully gliding overhead on the way to touch down never ceases to amaze me, but they are also a meditation on how technology can be a double-edged sword when things go wrong.
As a child, Milstein built as many model airplanes as he could afford. Once he got older, he began spending time at the end of airport runways, gazing up at the planes as they flew at low altitudes overhead at close to 200 miles per hour. His favorite location is close to runway 24R at the Los Angeles International Airport.
Wanting to share this perspective that he finds so fascinating, Milstein began bringing a high-resolution medium …
By: Michael Zhang
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