PROJECT - SALT LAKE ABSTRACTS
I’ve had an inconsistent relationship with abstract art. Early in my career, and life, abstract paintings and photos confused me, bored me, and left me feeling “that’s too easy, too juvenile”. But things change. People change. New tastes can be acquired. I now enjoy asparagus.
Aerial photography provides onlookers with a new perspective of the world and the photographer with an incredible advantage to identifying abstracts. So, when seated 1,500+ feet above one of the largest salt lakes on earth (hanging partially out of a no-door R22 helicopter), it was not a question of how much of the landscape can I fit into an image, but where lie the unique details, shapes and colours that can be captured?
Abstract Art can be defined as “art that does not attempt to represent an accurate depiction of a visual reality but instead uses shapes, colours, forms and gestural marks to achieve its effect. Strictly speaking, the word abstract means to separate or withdraw something from something else.”
The changing colours and shapes below are due to shifting salts, varying degrees of saline chemistry, and different types of algae found at Great Salt Lake.
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Note: Images are of far less quality than the actual art due to webpage restraints.
"Saline Sheets I": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 150cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Saline Sheets II": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 150cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Other Worldly I": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 150cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Other Worldly II": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 150cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Other Worldly III": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 150cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Other Worldly IV": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 150cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Other Worldly V": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 150cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Other Worldly VI": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 150cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Other Worldly VII": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 150cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Splash of Orange I": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 150cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Splash of Orange II": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 150cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Splash of Orange III": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 150cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Crimson Curation I": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 150cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Crimson Curation II": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 150cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Crimson Curation III": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 120cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Crimson Curation IV": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 150cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Crimson Curation V": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 150cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Crimson Curation VI": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 120cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Crimson Curation VII": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 150cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Crimson Curation VIII": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 150cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Pathways I": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 150cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Crimson Curation IX": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 120cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Pathways II": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 150cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Pathways III": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 150cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Pathways IV": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 150cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Pathways V": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 120cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Pastels I": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 150cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Pastels II": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 150cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Pastels III": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 120cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Pastels IV": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 150cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Pastels V": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 150cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Pastels VI": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 150cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Pastels VII": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 150cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Pastels VIII": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 150cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Spilled Ink I": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 120cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Spilled Ink II": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 150cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Salt ArtI": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 150cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Salt Art II": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 120cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Salt Art III": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 120cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Salt Art IV": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 120cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Salt Art V": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 120cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Salt Art VI": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 120cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Subtle Salts I": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 150cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Subtle Salts II": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 120cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Subtle Salts III": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 150cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Aquatic Abstracts I": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 150cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Aquatic Abstracts II": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 150cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Aquatic Abstracts III": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 150cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Aquatic Abstracts IV": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 150cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"The Quilt": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 150cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Muted Mosaic I": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 150cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Muted Mosaic II": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 150cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Gold Leaf I": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 150cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Gold Leaf II": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 150cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Birch Bark": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 150cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Neon Ponds I": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 150cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Neon Ponds II": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 150cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Neon Ponds III": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 150cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Industry I": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 150cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.
"Industry II": photographed from an R22 helicopter above Great Salt Lake. Available on fine art paper with a max size of 150cm across the long edge of the limited edition print.