Some people face airports with enthusiasm, while others feel them as twisted branches of hell. No matter which side you are on, the truth is that airports have much more to share than they appear to, and that is evident thanks to the formidable images of photographer Mike Kelley. Obtaining these photographs required a long series of contacts and specific permits, but it was definitely worth the effort.
The pleasure of traveling, the desire to discover new places and different people, try exotic food, experience other climates and accumulate experiences can turn airports into one more magical link in that wonderful process. On the other side we find frequent travelers who fly strictly for business, accumulate entire days of delays, hate airplane food, crying children in the back seat, drunk passengers, and of course, every square inch of the airports they travel through. In short, airports polarize, but that doesn't mean we can't find some beauty in them. Photographer Mike Kelley is a true fanatic of air transport, and his work focuses on compositions that show us dozens of aircraft in a single frame, about to take off or land. His most recent project reveals a festival of symmetry in what appears to be the daily chaos of airports. Some shots belong to cemeteries where planes are disassembled, repaired or abandoned, and others expose nothing less than Los Angeles International Airport. Logically, anyone who wants to know more about this work should visit Mike Kelley's official page (link at the end), and if there is a little extra budget, visit his online store.
A festival of symmetry
