Джеффри Мильштейн

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Flying an airplane was one of my earliest dreams. Building and flying all the model planes I could afford, I became intimately familiar with aircraft design, and at the age of 17, I received my pilot’s license.
Heavy metal, as the wide body jets are known, is the ultimate achievement in engineering and design. While aircraft evoke many different feelings, since 9/11, no one can ever again look at a large airliner without the distant but ominous memory of how easily they were turned into weapons by a small band of terrorists. They are a symbol of how vulnerable our highly technological society has become.
In this portfolio I explore a typology of the varied cruciform shapes of jet aircraft flying precisely overhead as if frozen in space. I have decontextualized these highly detailed photographs to express the complexity and beauty of form. That these giant conglomerations of aluminum, can gracefully lift from earth is amazing. That they can return safely some hours later on another part of the globe is even more amazing. My aircraft photographs are an attempt to capture that sense of beauty and wonder but also the vulnerability that we all feel in today’s world.
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Catching an airplane flying across the sky is a mesmerizing experience, which is why renowned photographer Jeffrey Milstein patiently waits outside airports to find the right instance when an aircraft is perfectly aligned with the camera. This alignment is what allows him to capture the machine’s beauty to its fullest.

From Fokker Dr 1 to corporate jets, Milstein snaps mind-blowing images of the underbellies of airplanes. “It is just a matter of finding the ‘sweet spot’ so that the aircraft is lined up exactly in the camera’s frame,” explains the artist. This spatial and temporal precision is what makes these art pieces so fascinating. These flying machines become like sculptures in the sky.

In his photographs, Jeffrey Milstein transforms airplanes into artistic pieces where their colors and geometric shapes are more important than capacity of the engines.
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從Jeffery Milstein這輯作品學到的, 是他對攝影的一種執著, 要在機場跑道這大環境下, 搜尋及拍攝這些飛機機底的相片已經不容易, 更甚者, 他拍下來的機底, 完全和模型沒有分別, 彷彿好像飛機停下來讓他拍照, 要做到這樣, 已單單不是恆心和走位的問題, 因為飛機飛得太高就拍得不清楚, 太低相機就Cover不了, 風向也會影響到飛機飛行是向會側向一面….還要在選擇鏡頭時要夠Wide還是夠遠? 來到這裏, 已是一連串科學問題呢!
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Профессиональный фотограф, дизайнер и архитектор, Джеффри Мильштейн использует технику пост-обработки фотографий убирая фон, чтобы сосредоточить внимание на дизайне, цвете и симметрии.

Снять самолет летящий со скоростью до 175 миль в час в нужный момент и под точным углом задача не из легких. “Это похоже утиную охоту”, говорит Мильштейн. “Самолеты движутся очень быстро, и у меня есть буквально сотая доля секунды, чтобы сделать снимок. Я должен двигать камеру, синхронно с самолетом, а затем сделать снимок, когда он проходит точно надо мной. Для этого нужно много практиковаться”. Любимое место съёмки Джеффри – взлетно-посадочная полоса 24R в аэропорту Лос-Анджелеса. “Вы должны найти правильное место точно под траекторией полета. Не слишком далеко и не слишком близко. Самолет не должен быть слишком высоко или слишком низко, и если немного поддует ветер, то симметрия будет нарушена.”, говорит фотограф.