Salterns for the better
December 2, 2016 3:59 PM   Subscribe

Aerial Images of Salterns That Blur the Line Between Photograph and Painting "Photographer David Burdeny [...] began the series SALT: Fields, Plottings and Extracts in 2015, using aerial photography to explore some of the world’s most vibrant salterns in Utah, Mexico, and Australia. Gazing upon the images it’s difficult to determine whether the expressive boxes of color are produced with a camera or paintbrush, or if the gestures were made by hand or nature."
posted by Celsius1414 (7 comments total) 17 users marked this as a favorite
 
The photos are lovely, and I learned a great new word!
posted by Akhu at 4:24 PM on December 2, 2016


I was totally reading, "slatterns."
posted by The Underpants Monster at 5:33 PM on December 2, 2016 [1 favorite]


Maisel, early 2000's, here.
posted by Oyéah at 6:14 PM on December 2, 2016 [2 favorites]


Flying over the salterns (which is a new word to me as well) is one of the best parts about flying into Salt Lake City.
posted by Dip Flash at 7:49 PM on December 2, 2016 [1 favorite]


My first thought was that these are gorgeous photos.

My next thought was that some of these photos make the salterns look like giant shortbread cookies with a really nice colored glaze/royal icing on top.

I'm now unsure how to end this comment now that I've written it but suffice it to say I'm kinda hungry
posted by Hermione Granger at 8:26 PM on December 2, 2016 [3 favorites]


Those are fantastic. I love the view from above like this, and the colors and shapes are wonderful.
posted by inparticularity at 11:46 PM on December 2, 2016


I saw them when I was working near the south end of San Francisco Bay.
I loved watching them move the train tracks around on top of them.
posted by MtDewd at 6:40 AM on December 3, 2016


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