BEAUTIFUL NEW PERSPECTIVES CREATE POWERFUL IMPRESSIONS NOW

ZACK SECKLER

Photographer Zack Seckler does extraordinary things with his aerial perspectives. Hovering 500’ above the ground, he is high enough to produce fascinating abstractions, yet low enough to get identifying details of the landscapes and life below.

Botswana becomes a wild set of impressions, with animals, vegetation, and salt ponds that form heady patterns. 

Flying in a handmade ultra-light aircraft, at low elevations, Seckler can precisely maneuver, enabling him to act as if he were a giant paintbrush, creating “brushstrokes” as he passes over the landscapes.

Seckler can fly down to just a few feet off the ground and then soar to 1,000 feet, getting the best of both context and detail. Seckler deliberately avoids showing the horizon in his photographs, altering perspective even further.

Weather often dictates the locations for Seckler. But sometimes, he risks flying out as storms and even hurricanes threaten.

Seckler chose to head away from Iceland’s famed volcanoes and sheer-walled glaciers, instead gaining an overhead perspective of the ice-blue meltwaters as they swirl into the  sea, with seals, sea lions, and seabirds dotting his frames.

Secklers study of Botswana is shown in new views, with his trademark balance between the reality and the abstract.

Seckler is currently planning further aerial projects, researching possible trips to the Arctic and more of Africa.

Check out Seckler’s video.

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IMAGE CREDITS:

1. Image: by Zack Seckler. Botswana Series. Aerial Abstracts.
2. Image: by Zack Seckler. Botswana Series. Aerial Abstracts.
3. Image: by Zack Seckler. Iceland Series. Aerial Abstracts.
4. Image: by Zack Seckler. Botswana Series. Aerial Abstracts.
5. Image: by Zack Seckler. Botswana Series. Aerial Abstracts.
6. Image: by Zack Seckler. Aerial Abstracts.
7. Image: by Zack Seckler. Botswana Series. Aerial Abstracts.
8. Image: by Zack Seckler. Botswana Series. Aerial Abstracts.
9. Image: by Zack Seckler. Iceland Series. Aerial Abstracts.
10. Image: by Zack Seckler. Iceland Series. Aerial Abstracts.
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12. Image: by Zack Seckler. Iceland Series. Aerial Abstracts.