African Air (2011)

Flying in a motorized paraglider over one of the most diverse continents in the world George Steinmetz captures the stunning beauty of Africas landscapes and people His pictures show not only the spectacular patterns of the land but also the potential and hope that the continent encompasses Steinmetz made his first trip to Africa while in college and spent two and a half years hitchhiking across the continent I didnt have a goal to change Africa I just wanted to marinate in it he said A selftaught photographer Steinmetz has traveled through more than 30 countries in Africa photographing its diverse wildlife landscape and culture For the past decade much of his work has involved flying a ultralight aircraft to photograph remote landscapes His footlaunched aircraft consists of a backpack motor and paragliderstyle wing It is the worlds lightest and slowest motorized aircraft and allows a unique and more intimate style of aerial photograph