CARBON MIGRATIONS

ARMCHAIR IN THE SKYI’ve always been enthralled by the everyday surrealism of modern air travel. Rummaging through a box of old photographs, I was drawn to a vernacular image from the earliest days of commercial aviation. The window view featured a propeller and wing, an evocative mass of obsolete machinery juxtaposed against a timeless expanse of clouds. Captured opportunistically over 25 years of travel, Armchair in the Sky is an extension of my landscape practice exploring our ongoing relationship with the environment.

In Transit (FTE to BRC) 2006

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I'm traveling to the SERENGETI this weekend to join 'Spacetime' photographer Jay Mark Johnson on a project to document the Great Migration across the Maasai Mara.

Jay Mark Johnson – Claudio, Stella E Farfalla – Cetona, Italy – 2007

Seeing wildebeests, great cats and crocodiles will be breathtaking, no doubt, but I'm particularly intrigued to witness JMJ's 'collapsed timeline' process which creates space-time images unlike any you are likely to have seen. The fixed-position, slit-scan camera registers continuous vertical slivers of a scene, recording vast landscapes over a period of time. Collaborators include writer Shana Nys Dambrot and videographer Broatch Berry, with editor Beth Gallagher assembling our output back home. Check out the facebook page for daily posts, sneak peaks, and exotic updates on our progress.

TOP:  In Transit - El Calafate to San Carlos de Bariloche (Patagonia) Argentina - 2006 - from ARMCHAIR IN THE SKY
ABOVE:  Jay Mark Johnson - claudio, stella e farfalla - Cetona, Italy - 2007

I'll of course be documenting the people and landscapes we encounter along the way. If you're interested in what an editorial photographer might pack for a 10-day assignment to Africa, check out what I took to Equatorial Guinea in December 2011, along with some never-seen photos from the trip...

Photographer's Travel Kit – Malabo, Bioko, Equatorial GuineaEagle Creek Travel Bag

Photographer's Travel Kit – Malabo, Bioko, Equatorial GuineaEagle Creek Travel Bag

Photographer's Travel Kit – Malabo, Bioko, Equatorial GuineaEagle Creek Travel Bag

Photographer's Travel Kit – Malabo, Bioko, Equatorial GuineaEagle Creek Travel Bag

Photographer's Travel Kit – Malabo, Bioko, Equatorial Guinea

Complete two-body digital camera kit with Leica M8 & M9, four lenses & accessories - 2011

​The photos below where intended for publication, but held back for reasons too complicated to explain here.

Four Boys and their Handmade Cars – Moka, Equatorial Guinea – 2011

Writer David Page on Assignment in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea – 2011

Writer David Page "catches up on some reading" aboard an abandoned aircraft outside Malabo International Airport.

Travel bags & accessories provided by Eagle Creek

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