Even in the age of Google Earth and other sites that offer detailed aerial imagery, there’s still this – from Business Insider:
Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Vincent Laforet has spent the past 15 year taking daring helicopter rides to capture some of the most incredible aerial images from around the world.
But his latest photo mission — to photograph New York City at night from above — was “the scariest of his life,” he tells Business Insider. In order to take the photographs, Laforet had to dangle from the door of helicopter hovering at a dizzying 7,500 feet above the ground (an uncommonly high altitude for a helicopter), secured only by a harness, and shoot straight down.
Laforet’s photo series, titled “Gotham 7.5K,” reveals an incredible new vantage point of America’s busiest city.
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I’m assuming those colours are Photoshopped, but it’s a great illustration of how lighting distinguishes land use – from the sodium-and-fluorescent business district of Midtown to the violet LED world of Times Square.
