To Fly: Contemporary Aerial Photography

This catalog for a September 7-October 7, 2007 exhibit at the Boston U. Art Gallery presents birds-eye views by 14 contemporary photographers. Sichel (art history, Boston U.) provides historical context to this aerial fascination and distinguishes such images from landscape photography. Among the photographers represented are: Esteban Pastorino D穩az (who mounts his camera on a kite), Frank Gohlke (whose focus is on Mount Saint Helens), and Sophie Ristelhueber (whose work comments on the first Iraq war). An exhibition checklist, artist bibliographies, and a bibliography round out the volume distributed by the U. of Washington Press. Annotation 穢2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)