PUBLISHER
Hatje Cantz

BOOK FORMAT
Clth, 9 x 12.5 in. / 176 pgs / 100 color.

PUBLISHING STATUS
Pub Date 1/19/2021
Active

DISTRIBUTION
D.A.P. Exclusive
Catalog: SPRING 2021 p. 27

PRODUCT DETAILS
ISBN 9783775748513 FLAT40
List Price: $62.00 CDN $86.50

AVAILABILITY
In stock

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Tom Hegen: Aerial Observations on Airports

Airports in lockdown: still lifes from a pandemic by an acclaimed aerial photographer

German photographer Tom Hegen (born 1991), internationally for with his aerial photographs, here documents Germany’s airports at the height of 2020’s lockdown, depicting these abandoned zones with geometric clarity.

PRAISE AND REVIEWS

My Modern Met

Jessica Stewart

Dangling from a helicopter, Hegen focused on six German airports and documented grounded planes parked on the runway. The symmetrical compositions are immediately eye-catching and speak to the strength of his vision [...]Through 100 photographs, we're left to ponder how travel and globalization helped spread the pandemic, while also gaining nostalgia for the days when travel was free and easy.

CNN

Oscar Holland

[Tom Hegen: Aerial Observations on Airports] reveal[s] an unexpected beauty, with the German photographer finding moments of symmetry and geometry amid the parked planes. Warehouses, parking lots, containers and terminal buildings all play a role in the surreal images, creating a sense of scale and, often, exhibiting patterns of their own.