In a series of photographs called “Flatland”, Turkish artist and photo manipulatorAydın Büyüktaşuses a collection of aerial photographs to create these images which give a new perspective to the world.
Aydın Büyüktaşsays that he got the initial inspiration for this style of photography from the book “Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions” by Edwin Abbott which explores the interconnecting of dimensions and transition between them from a geometry standpoint.
Taking the thought-provoking ideas from the book, Büyüktaş set about creating a series of photographs to visually represent these concepts.
In 2017, Büyüktaş began the painstaking process of planning out his trip. It took two months to find the perfect spots to create the images he envisioned. Using Google Earth he scoured the United States picking a variety of spots that in the end would cover 45 shooting locations and an astounding 10,000 miles.
Shooting the photos took around a month and a lot of travelling across Arizona, Texas, California and New Mexico. Each of the images you see in this collection is actually a combination of around 18 to 20 drone photographs carefully stitched together to create a curved collage of the landscape.
Wanderland
This image comes from Tucson Arizona and was produced usingGoogle Earth Studio. Using Google’s imagery to create this sort of art from an airfield of abandoned aircraft is certainly an interesting use case and one with some pretty cool results too.
Red hills on the road
No doubt taken on one of his many road trips across the States to take these photos, this image captures the iconically classic American highway stretching off into the distance. The classic long and straight American road now has a vertigo-inducing curve to it that complements the surrounding hillsides.
As far as the eye can see a graveyard of ageing cars stretches off in every direction. This photo gives the impression of a gravity-defying world where the cars refuse to budge despite being on an incline that would make them fall, bump and crash into each other.
Harvest time
This image captures a farmer in the middle of his harvest and gives a nod to the vastness of the American landscape with arable land available in masses outside the massive Cities.
Abandoned works
Sadly, not all of Aydin’s images made it in the Flatland 2 series. Even the ones that didn’t are impressive though and conjure up images of another world. In this one, a train appears to be defying gravity as it stretches off into the distance, more carriages than you can easily count, curving off into space.
Interstate
The World’s largest rollercoaster would have some stiff competition if this road really sloped off at this angle. Billboards stretch off skywards bombarding motorists with adverts to distract them from the boredom of the long commute onwards and upwards.
Empty car park
We can only dream of finding a car park this empty. Park your car anywhere you like, just do so at your own risk and be sure to put your handbrake on.
Farm in desert
Back from the ultra-urban to the extremities of rural America. Another lone farmhouse sits at the end of a long desert road.
Farm and interstate
Here rural and urban collide as a massive interstate road cuts through peaceful farmland.
Farm with bales
Is this the American dream? A large farmhouse at the end of a private road surrounded by idyllic farmland as far as the eye can see. We’re not sure we’d want our house at this gradient though.
