David Maisel

David Maisel was born in New York in 1961. He started out his career by doing photography and video. Maisel's work was really focused on the production of space that was within his photographs. He also focused on landscapes and objects within them that were sometimes hidden in by the view of which is was being seen. His most known photographs were almost all in aerial view, this is when the view is from above and out. Things get fainter in the distance, almost like atmospheric perspective as well.
One of his most known photographs is one of my favorites.

I particularly like this one because I try to figure out what it really is. Is It water? Is it dry ground? I don't know. I also love how this is reed, it makes one question and visualize the image even more. When I look at this image deeper, I think that it is water that Maisel converted to a red color to give it a more mysterious idea behind it.
I also love how clear this photo is, that is why I also believe that it is water. At the very top in the center, there is almost a glare in the middle. I also question what that is when I look at it because it is much different than what is surrounded by it. This photo of aerial view of (I think an ocean) is a beautiful and mysterious render, that is why I love this image so much.




Another one of his images that I enjoy looking at is this one.
I love this one because it reminds me of marble. But when I look closer to it, I believe it is an aerial view of maybe what was an old coal ground or mining grounds. Maybe even someplace where they get oil from. I am not sure, but what I am sure of is that Maisel never fails to make the viewer question what he is taking a photo of, and make sure you are looking into the deeper parts of the photo. His work reminds me of some other photographers we have talked about that took aerial views of things, but his work is very different in many ways.
Maisel is an aerial photographer from New York who specializes in this and I really appreciate his work.