{"id":63009,"date":"2024-05-31T10:30:14","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T10:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/31\/donn-delson-the-75-year-old-aerial-photographer-getting-a-unique-birds-eye-view\/"},"modified":"2024-05-31T10:30:14","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T10:30:14","slug":"donn-delson-the-75-year-old-aerial-photographer-getting-a-unique-birds-eye-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/31\/donn-delson-the-75-year-old-aerial-photographer-getting-a-unique-birds-eye-view\/","title":{"rendered":"Donn Delson: The 75-year-old aerial photographer getting a unique bird’s eye view"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Leaning out the open door of a helicopter, 75-year-old photographer Donn Delson shows no fear as he clicks away on his camera capturing the buildings below.<\/p>\n

Taking up aerial photography in his 60s, the LA-based entrepreneur has since sold nearly \u00a31m worth of artwork since switching careers.<\/p>\n

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Delson has flown more than 300 hours in countries including Japan, the Netherlands, Hawaii and Israel but London<\/strong><\/a>, he tells Sky News, is his “favourite city”.<\/p>\n

Before photography, Delson founded the world’s fourth-largest entertainment merchandising company, working with stars including Rihanna, Billy Joel and Alanis Morisette. He sold the company to AEG Live in 2007.<\/p>\n

Strapped into a helicopter at heights of up to 12,000ft, Delson captures his artwork at a perspective and range that would be unachievable by drones due to height restrictions in urban areas.<\/p>\n

He explains: “I need to be connected to what I am taking pictures of. When I don’t have a door and I can lean out and look down, I am able to have that emotional and spiritual connection.”<\/p>\n

The artist likes to find “patterns” and “colours” in the scene but admits he doesn’t always find the right shot on every flight.<\/p>\n

It’s his aerial perspective which makes his large-scale artwork unique and while many of his peers are long since retired, he retains a youth and exuberance for life and his art.<\/p>\n

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When shooting, Delson likes to “look for things that may not be what they seem to be at first glance”.<\/p>\n

Here he shows the vivid turquoise dome of London’s British Museum – a feature unseen from below.<\/p>\n

The Crown Jewel, British Museum, Donn Delson<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Delson doesn’t only focus on the abstract. This photo London Lights is from his Points Of Light collection. He calls London a “special” place.<\/p>\n

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In Xylophones, Delson depicts rows of shipping containers at a port in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

He says: “At first glance, most people think it’s either bookshelves or a xylophone. Then they notice the truck, and sometimes it takes them a few seconds to study the image and to realise what it truly is.”<\/p>\n

Xylophones, Donn Delson<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The famous cherry blossom season in Japan is usually admired from ground level but Delson captured it from an aerial perspective, east of Kyoto.<\/p>\n

Cascade, Donn Delson<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Another shot from outside Kyoto, this photo shows symmetrical rows of cherry trees which had been purposely planted.<\/p>\n

Abacus, Donn Delson<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Delson was commissioned to create Headdress for $45,000 (\u00a335,000). It was taken above a marina in San Francisco.<\/p>\n

Headdress, Donn Delson<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Feathered was captured on another trip to London where he was flying down the River Thames towards the O2 and spotted some containers.<\/p>\n

Naming it, he said it looked like the features on the shaft of an arrow.<\/p>\n

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Taken over the Dead Sea in Israel, Tree of Life is part of Delson’s Holy Land collection.<\/p>\n

Tree of Life, Donn Delson<\/strong><\/p>\n

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