Environmental Graffiti

Amsterdam From Above

Amsterdam, ah Amsterdam. City of red lights, amber-hued beers, and green, green grass; a city much less in need of traffic lights than most owing to its winding bike paths and of course its famous historic canals – more reasons why green could be said to be this city’s colour of choice. With its rich history, vibrant culture and liberal attitude, the Dutch capital is well worth a wonder through, and yet a city of such distinctive design is also brilliantly appreciated from above.

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Los Angeles After the Apocalypse

The work of David Maisel is haunting in its stark simplicity, despite and because of its expansive breadth of focus. Yet while many of his projects have taken a bird's-eye view of their subject matter, few have seemed as hopelessly desolate as Oblivion. Los Angeles is stripped to its bare bones and burnt to cinder under Maisel's photographic eye – a megalopolis suddenly seen in post-apocalyptic monochrome.

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The San Andreas Fault from Above

The name of the San Andreas Fault precedes itself like, well, like an unavoidable rift in the earth's surface. Running some 1,300 kilometres through the US state of California, and reaching a depth of 15 to 20 kilometres, the San Andreas forms the tectonic boundary between the Pacific and North American Plates. Yet because of its vast size, it's difficult to grasp this giant geological feature; except, that is, when you look at it from above.

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