It is a great honour to present the outstanding work of acclaimed aerial photographer
Louis Helbig
Aerial Abstractions
‘Although aerial perspectives afford great sweeping views, they also afford the opposite. Removing context provokes wonder, thought and reflection.’
'Communication is more about what one takes out than what one leaves in. Removing the horizon, tipping the camera down, accelerates parsing and simplifying. The moving, fluid environment keeps the aircraft aloft and the senses alive; one’s imagination open and intuition unfettered.'
'I usually fly and photograph by myself in a 1946 Luscombe, a machine that is itself a study of design, function and simplicity.'
Raised in Williams Lake, British Columbia, Louis Helbig is an Ottawa-based aerial art photographer.
His best known projects are “Beautiful Destruction – Alberta Tar Sands Aerial Photographs,” and “Sunken Villages” which depicts - from the air and through the water – the cultural remains that lie flooded by the St Lawrence Seaway.
His style teeters between documentary and abstract; his approach – whatever the subject – is not to editorialize but to provide viewers the space, in their own imaginations, to reflect, imagine and think for themselves.
Helbig's work has been exhibited in Canada, the United States and Europe and is held in collections worldwide. As well it has appeared in a range of periodicals and publications in North America and Europe.
His background includes membership on Canada's national cross country ski team, a degree from the London School of Economics, being a bush pilot, and employment with various public agencies and government departments, NGOs and educational institutions in the areas of social policy, economic analysis and civil society. He left the civil service six years ago to establish a photography business and pursue art. He was elected to the Ontario Society of Artists in 2010.
For more information on Louis Helbig and his work: www.louishelbig.com www.sunkenvillages.ca or www.beautifuldestruction.ca
MEDIA STATEMENTS
Exhibition of Louis Helbigs' work at the JORDAN ART GALLERY runs from June 1-30
JAG is open every day, 10~5.
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