Peter Gielen - Supermax Photography
"I specialize in photographic and video aerial studies of urban
development, documenting its relation to land use. During a 2010
helicopter photo mission in Arizona, where I recorded sprawl
patterns—the hidden geometries of suburban and exurban developments that
become visible only when seen from far above the ground—I also flew
over a number of prison complexes. Observing residential construction, I
normally take my time to find the right position in flight, but these
quick “fly-bys”—for example, over one of the Florence State Prison
compounds, as seen in the shot above—were necessarily much less
controlled. This airspace is technically not restricted, but it’s more
or less understood that as a member of the general public, one shouldn’t
come too close to any of these high-security places.
-Peter Gielen via Creative Time (click for more/context)
More on the project from Wired