Flying overland, an aerial view provides a thrilling, detached perspective of the world – patterns emerge; colours pop; lines shape; and the world feels smaller and looks more ordered than you may have already thought. Alex S. MacLean is trained as an architect and a pilot. He has covered large areas of terrain all over the world, documenting the relationship between natural and constructed environments. His porfolio covers patterns of land usage, titled ‘Going’, ‘Dwelling’, ‘Playing’, ‘Deserting’, ‘Growing’, and ‘Beaches’ (our favourite). Glittering oceans and colourful beach umbrellas against muted expanses of dry sand. Here is a selection from his ‘Beaches’ series…
