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George SteinmetzDESERT AIR | Aerial Photography



From his perch in one of the lightest and slowest aircrafts in the world, he captures breathtaking photographs of the earth's last secret places... George Steinmetz, an U.S. American photographer with a degree in geophysics from Stanford University. He has traveled to the world’s most remote corners for over 15 years. With his motorized paraglider, he flies above extreme locations and desert regions, photographing an almost surreal landscape aesthetics from a bird's eye view, capturing extraordinary aerial images of the natural artworks and wonders of our planet.

In 2013 in a comprehensive segment on his work, the German arts and culture television program "ttt - titel, thesen, temperamente" called his photographs "spectacular images of a flying adventurer". His photographs appeared regularly in international magazines such as Geo, National Geographic, Architectural Digest, Condé Nast Traveler and have also been published in books and photo collections. He has received numerous international awards for his work, including two first place prizes from World Press Photo and from Pictures of the Year, Alfred Eisenstaedt Awards, etc.. George Steinmetz, born 1957, lives with his family in New Jersey, USA.

The photographs are exhibition ready, completely insured, and comprise 40 large landscape format, color photo, artist proofed prints, diasec-mounted behind frameless acrylic glass. The photographs are 122 x 81 cm (48 x 32 inch).

This tour is the first public exhibit of George Steinmetz's photographs in Germany. We will provide the exhibitors with a selection of scanned images on DVD to aid with promotion and PR, the "tour image" in high-resolution for invitations and posters in large format, a CD including press texts, a CV, quotations, information, and all image captions in both English and German as an open document free for further processing.

An opulent coffee-table book with many large-format images and comprehensive texts accompanies the tour. The 352-page hardcover book is published by Frederking & Thaler.

Further information available upon request


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GEO