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Airports

Statement Flying
2012-present

An ongoing series of photographs shot from the air showing the patterns, layering and complexity of cities, and the circulation patterns for travel, such as waterways, roads, and airports that grow organically over time much like a living organism.
Atlantic Cities Do airports have personalities? If so, JFK International Airport must possess a dark and complex intelligence: Broad flats of black pavement suggest an ocean of serene thoughts, while elsewhere snaking streams of roadways hint at either mathematical genius or full blown schizophrenia. But that’s probably reading too much into the artwork of Jeffrey Milstein, a New Yorker who’s given much of his life to documenting airplanes and their surroundings. Airports are just cool to look at, especially from way up in the sky where you can see the megalithic structures in their awesome entirety.

Atlantic Cities, 2013
LAX LAX LAX Newark Airport 10 Newark Airport 15 Newark Airport 12 Newark Airport 11 Newark Airport 14 Newark Airport 13 Runway LAX 12 JFK 10 Gatwick 1 JFK Night Gatwick 3 Gatwick 2 Planes Gatwick 44 Gatwick 15 Newark 2 Terminal B Night JFK Mile High 2 Newark 6 Terminal B Newark 7 Terminal B Night Newark Airport 11 Terminal A Newark 1 LAX 3 LAX 05 Newark 4 Terminal B LAX 04 Newark Airport 10 Terminal B Newark Airport 8 Terminal B LAX 2 LAX 35 LAX 1 LAX 33 LGA 1 LAX 06 JFK 03 JFK 11 JFK 16 LGA 9 JFK 24

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