Alex Maclean

b. 1947 , Seattle , Washington

Pilot and photographer Alex Maclean, has flown his plane over much of the United States documenting the landscape. Trained as an architect, he has portrayed the history and evolution of the land from vast agricultural patterns to city grids, recording changes brought about by human intervention and natural processes. His powerful and descriptive images provide clues to understanding the relationship between the natural and constructed environments.

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Growing Series: Rolling Wheat Strips

Alex Maclean, "Drive-in Movie Screen Shadow, Little Falls NY," chromogenic print

Drive-in Movie Screen Shadow, Little Falls NY. 06/2012

Blue Line of Umbrellas

Concrete Curbs

Going Series: Masked for Export