Flight Path

Posted
27 Aug 2009
Circa
30 Jun 2003
Tags
journal flash photography london

Living in West London in 2003, under the Heathrow flight path, meant that I got to see airplanes flying over head all day every day. I recall counting one plane every two minutes.

I took to photographing them, as they had become such a pervasive part of daily life. Later, I conceived of a Flash app that would randomly compose a tiled image from a list of photographs

The output shows a grid of rectangles, displaying every hue and shade of London's crisp blue winter skies. Clicking the app would produce a new composition and set of relationships to enjoy.

The image below is a screenshot and not the app.

Screenshot of Flash app

Screenshot of Flash app

Inspiration

Thinking for a Living

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Pictory

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SouthSouthWest

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Mash

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