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Episode 127: George Steinmetz (Documentary Photography)

Episode 127: George Steinmetz (Documentary Photography)

Renowned aerial photographer George Steinmetz, who’s spent decades capturing the beauty and challenges of our planet from unique perspectives, shares his work.

via A Photojournalism Podcast for Everyone – A Photojournalism Podcast by Photojournalists for Everyone: https://10fps.net/2024/11/20/episode-127-george-steinmetz-documentary-photography/

Steinmetz’s approach to photography is akin to modern drone photography, but with a twist: he actually flies in his unique contraption, which he humorously describes as a “motorized lawn chair.” This adventurous spirit has led to some unexpected and thrilling experiences.

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November 21, 2024
Photographer cited, had drone confiscated for documenting Hart Island mass burials with his drone: Digital Photography Review

Photographer cited, had drone confiscated for documenting Hart Island mass burials with his drone

George Steinmetz, whose aerial photography work appears in National Geographic and the New York Times, was cited for flying his drone over a massive burial ditch on Hart Island.

via DPReview: https://www.dpreview.com/news/0697559238/photographer-cited-drone-documenting-hart-island-mass-burials-with-his-drone

This past Tuesday, while documenting a burial ditch located on Hart Island, due to the alarming number of COVID-19 fatalities in New York City, Steinmetz’ drone was confiscated by the New York Police Department (NYPD) and he was issued a Desk Appearance Ticket. He was cited for violating NYC Administrative Code § 10–126, which prohibits the takeoff and landing of drones within New York City (NYC).

April 16, 2020
Picturing the American Drought: George Steinmetz

LightBox | Time

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via Time: https://time.com/section/lightbox/

TIME commissioned renowned aerial photographer and photojournalist George Steinmetz to document the effects of the drought in Texas, New Mexico, and Georgia. On his journey, Steinmetz quickly found that even in the driest sections of the country, the cliched idea of the bowl of cracked earth and dust was neither common nor representative of the crisis

January 10, 2020
George Steinmetz’s Eye From the Sky | PROOF

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What is it like strapping yourself into the equivalent of a leaf blower, getting a running start, then taking off into the air with a camera in your hand?

January 10, 2020
New York Winter from Above – The New Yorker

New York Winter from Above

“People think of the city as bricks and glass and steel, but it’s really like an organism,” the aerial photographer George Steinmetz says.

via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/new-york-winter

“People think of the city as bricks and glass and steel, but it’s really like an organism,” the aerial photographer George Steinmetz says. Steinmetz, who is a regular contributor to the magazine, last year captured New York City from above during each of the four seasons.

January 19, 2015
George Steinmetz Wonders: Was It Worth Getting Arrested for National Geographic Cover Story Photos?

George Steinmetz Wonders: Was It Worth Getting Arrested for National Geographic Cover Story Photos? | PDNPulse

This month’s cover story of National Geographic, about how to meet growing worldwide demand for food, is the story that got photographer George Steinmetz in trouble last June, and he’s still stinging from the experience. Caught in the political crossfire

via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2014/05/george-steinmetz-wonders-worth-getting-arrested-national-geographic-cover-story-photos.html

“It was quite a surprise to me,” says Steinmetz, who is renowned for the beautiful aerial landscapes he shoots all over the world, and who is used to encounters with authorities. “I’ve been detained in Iran and Yemen, and questioned about spying, but never arrested. And then I get thrown in jail in America.”

May 1, 2014
Hearing Set in Arrest of Aerial Photographer George Steinmetz

Hearing Set in Arrest of Aerial Photographer George Steinmetz | PDNPulse

George Steinmetz, the National Geographic contributor known for the landscapes he captures from a motorized paraglider, faces a court hearing in Kansas this Thursday following his arrest on June 28 for criminal trespass after he flew over a cattle feedlot

via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2013/07/hearing-set-in-arrest-of-aerial-photographer-george-steinmetz.html

“A photo is what’s going to punch you in the gut, it’s what makes you feel something,” Glascock says. “You don’t have someone’s lead stuck on your brain, you have images of the event. A lot of people have been using the Boston bombing as an example. There were a lot of cellphone pictures, but the ones you remember are by the staff photographers.”

July 15, 2013
Ag-Gag Arrest: National Geographic photographer George Steinmetz arrested for photographing Kansas feedlot

Link: Ag-Gag Arrest: National Geographic photographer George Steinmetz arrested for photographing Kansas feedlot | dvafoto

A spokesman for the Kansas Livestock Association told the Hutchinson [Kansas] News that Steinmetz’s activities could pose a safety risk to the food supply and reminds agricultural operators to remain vigilant in identifying and reporting similar incidents.

July 11, 2013
Up in the Air

Link: Up in the Air (10 Photos) | PDN Photo of the Day

George Steinmetz‘s new exhibition and book, Desert Air, is the first comprehensive photographic collection of the world’s “extreme deserts”, which receive less than four inches of precipitation a year. This body of work, culled from 15 years of shooting, takes the viewer from China’s Gobi Desert to the Sahara in northern Africa to Death Valley in California.

November 9, 2012
Multimedia: Africa from the Air, by George Steinmetz

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via LensCulture: http://www.lensculture.com/webloglc/mt_files/archives/2011/06/african-air.html

Flying in a motorized paraglider over one of the most diverse continents in the world, George Steinmetz captures the beauty of Africa’s landscapes and people. His pictures show not only the patterns of the land, but also the potential and hope that the continent encompasses.

June 5, 2011
LOOK3 Preview: Goldin, Kratochvil, Vitali Headline Fest Curated by Kathy Ryan and Scott Thode

Substantial exhibitions of the work of Nan Goldin, Massimo Vitali and Antonin Kratochvil are the major highlights, and the three artists will also talk about their work, with Goldin appearing in a unique conversation with Sally Mann. In addition the festival will feature “Master’s Talks” and exhibitions by Christopher Anderson, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Ashley Gilbertson, David Liitschwager, Steve McCurry, Mary Ellen Mark and Martin Bell, as well as a special exhibition of George Steinmetz photographs hung from trees in downtown Charlottesville.

Link: LOOK3 Preview: Goldin, Kratochvil, Vitali Headline Fest Curated by Kathy Ryan and Scott Thode

May 30, 2011
l e n s c r a t c h: George Steinmetz

I’ve been holding onto my copy of the April 19th issue of the The New Yorker because of an image by George Steinmetz. It’s the kind of image that is remarkable in so many ways, and I knew that there had to be a rich body of work behind it, and trust me, George’s site is the motherload of stunning and compelling work.

Link: l e n s c r a t c h: George Steinmetz

July 5, 2010
::: The Travel Photographer :::: George Steinmetz: Aerial Views

George Steinmetz: Aerial Views

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Link: http://thetravelphotographer.blogspot.com/2010/04/george-steinmetz-aerial-views.html

video in which George Steinmetz discusses his career and techniques with Lauren Collins, who had traveled with him to Algeria.

April 13, 2010