“Flying starts from the ground. The more grounded you are, the higher you fly.”
- J.R. Rim
Capturing the source images used for this mashup series and then working with them in post-processing became an enlightening and meditative experience for me, which led to the series title. The planes inspired me to soar to greater creative heights with their curvilinear contours and rich surface textures and reflections. Many thanks to both the Pima Air & Space Museum and Combat Air Museum for permission to use the photos taken during my visits. Read on past the galleries below for more information about them.
A Flatter Plane
This second set of images zooms in on surface shapes, patterns and textures, creating a more abstract feel.
High Altitude
The pure, minimalistic interaction of planes and sky in this set of images seems to more directly exemplify an enlightened and meditative state of mind.
Air Sources
The Pima Air & Space Museum, located near Tuscon, AZ, is one of the world's largest non-government funded aerospace museums, featuring over 400 historic aircraft spread across 80 acres of outdoor and indoor exhibit spaces. The museum has grown immensely since first opening its doors to the public in May of 1976. It also houses a collection of over 125,000 artifacts covering the age of aerospace from 1903 to the current day.
The Combat Air Museum has also served as an educational institution and tourism destination since 1976. Located at the Topeka Regional Airport on Forbes Field in Topeka, Kansas, it houses the largest collection of WWI replica aircraft in the midwest, and is one of a handful of major aviation museums in the United States located on an active air field. It also offers an extensive display of artifacts and dioramas, and a growing gallery of military aviation art.
