Phoenix Art Museum - Exhibition Exhibitions. Overview Whether floating above the city in a hot air balloon to fighting over the window seat on a transcontinental flight, evidence of our fascination with a bird’s eye view of the world is everywhere.
The ability to see the world below from heights as great as 30,000 feet and beyond eluded humanity until the invention of the airplane in the early 20th century. Long before air travel became affordable for nearly every income level, aerial photography elucidated the view of our world from the skies above us. From Above: Aerial Photography from the Center for Creative Photography, the Museum’s newest exhibition in partnership with Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, will delve into our fascination with and the artistry of aerial photographs. George Steinmetz's Aerial Photos of Deserts Around the World. When George Steinmetz hitchhiked across the Sahara desert as a young man, he felt like an ant crawling along an endless carpet. He knew he had to get up higher to make sense of the vast expanse. He had gone to Africa on assignment after studying at Stanford University.