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Designs on the Land: Exploring America from the Air Contributor(s): Alex MacLean (Author) , James Corner (Author) ISBN: 0500284148 Publisher: Thames & Hudson US Binding: Paperback 368 pages Pub Date: May 2003 From the Publisher The tradition of aerial photography arose from a keen nineteenth-century desire to see "the world in motion." Starting with Nadar's photographic balloon trips, airborne experimentation with landscapes and cityscapes continued through great photographers from Steichen to Burkhardt.With Alex MacLean, we enter a different world. For thirty years, this committed photographer has portrayed the history and evolution of the American land, from great desert spaces to agricultural patterns to city grids. A trained architect who is closely involved in landscape heritage protection issues, MacLean has set out to create a series of pictures that show and explain the universal history of town and countryside. What he has to say may be invigorating or alarming, but it always raises the issue of the landscape's future.  Retail Price $39.95 Aerial Arts Price $33.95