{"id":386,"date":"2016-10-25T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/architizer.wpengine.com\/epic-overview\/"},"modified":"2022-05-31T08:08:29","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T12:08:29","slug":"epic-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/practice\/materials\/epic-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Epic Overview: Benjamin Grant on the Sky-High Art of Aerial Photography"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When author Benjamin Grant typed in \u201cEarth\u201d on a mapping program back in 2013, he made an accidental discovery that would fundamentally change his view of the world and send him down a path of discovery for the following three years of his life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe project really started as a mistake,\u201d says Grant, the author of a stunning photographic compendium entitled <i>Overview<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Overview-Perspective-Earth-Benjamin-Grant\/dp\/039957865X\/ref=zg_bs_3564969011_4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">released today<\/a>. Speaking with Architizer, Grant reflects on the moment when DigitalGlobe \u2014 a Google Earth\u2013style application \u2014 sent him to a very unexpected location.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI typed the word \u2018Earth\u2019 into the search bar, hoping that it would zoom out and show the entire planet \u2026 What actually happened was, it zoomed in to Earth, Texas.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1477332577492Screen_Shot_2016-10-24_at_1.46.29_PM.png?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1477332577492Screen_Shot_2016-10-24_at_1.46.29_PM.png?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1477332577492Screen_Shot_2016-10-24_at_1.46.29_PM.png?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1477332577492Screen_Shot_2016-10-24_at_1.46.29_PM.png?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1477332577492Screen_Shot_2016-10-24_at_1.46.29_PM.png?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1477332577492Screen_Shot_2016-10-24_at_1.46.29_PM.png?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><i>The First Overview: Earth, Texas, USA; December 14, 2013<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Grant discovered that \u2018Earth,\u2019 a tiny town with an extraordinary name, is surrounded by a remarkable manmade landscape: Hundreds of perfect circles are stacked row upon row, forming a vast pattern of green polka dots as far as the eye can see. Looking into this enigmatic image, Grant discovered that the circles are formed by pivot irrigation sprinklers, a simple device used by farmers to water their crops in an efficient manner. This was a real revelation: A pragmatic function of agriculture was transformed into an awe-inspiring artwork when viewed from above.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018Earth\u2019 moment sparked Grant\u2019s imagination. \u201cIt made a lot of sense that this first image was an incredible pattern that humans had created,\u201d he says, \u201cbut there was a deeper story to tell about technology, agriculture or the way things manifest themselves in the landscape like this.\u201d The author was soon going on countless mapping adventures, finding many more patterns that illustrated the impact of humans on Earth in eye-opening and often profound ways.<\/p>\n<p>He decided to set up an Instagram account to record his discoveries \u2014 and the Daily Overview was born. Grant sums it up by quoting a hero of space exploration: \u201cI believe the astronaut Jeff Hoffman said, \u2018When you\u2019re in space, you can appreciate the Earth\u2019s beauty, but you can also start to see the scars on the Earth that we\u2019ve created.\u2019\u201d Grant refers to mines, borderlines and widespread deforestation as examples of this, but soon, his focus also began to shift towards urban environments with unique architectural properties.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/14773283033017_-_Brasilia.jpg?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/14773283033017_-_Brasilia.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/14773283033017_-_Brasilia.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/14773283033017_-_Brasilia.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/14773283033017_-_Brasilia.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/14773283033017_-_Brasilia.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><i>\u201cBrasilia\u2019s urban plan \u2014 resembling an airplane from above \u2014 was developed by L\u00facio Costa and prominently features the Modernist buildings of the celebrated architect Oscar Niemeyer at its center.\u201d<\/i><i helvetica=\"\" neue\",=\"\" helvetica,=\"\" arial,=\"\" sans-serif;=\"\" font-size:=\"\" 16px;=\"\" font-weight:=\"\" 400;\"=\"\">\u2014 excerpt from Benjamin Grant\u2019s <\/i>Overview<\/p>\n<p>Many of these beautifully composed images show individual structures, from industrial facilities like power plants to architectural wonders like St Peter\u2019s Basilica in Rome. Highlighting dozens of the most extraordinary buildings from a bird\u2019s-eye perspective in a chapter entitled \u201cWhere We Design,\u201d Grant calls these moments \u201cbeacons of ingenuity and amazing thoughtfulness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The author also became increasingly fascinated by the geometries of grouped architecture, depicting the striking planned urban centers of Barcelona, Paris and Brasilia. While the frenetic nature of cities can make them feel chaotic when viewed at street level, these aerial shots lay bare the grand visions of urban planners, orchestrating the fluid movement of vast numbers of people.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1477327807936130_-_Zaatari_Refugee_Camp_E_copy.jpg?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1477327807936130_-_Zaatari_Refugee_Camp_E_copy.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1477327807936130_-_Zaatari_Refugee_Camp_E_copy.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1477327807936130_-_Zaatari_Refugee_Camp_E_copy.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1477327807936130_-_Zaatari_Refugee_Camp_E_copy.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1477327807936130_-_Zaatari_Refugee_Camp_E_copy.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><i>\u201cThe Zaatari Refugee Camp was constructed in Mafraq, Jordan, and opened in July 2012 to host refugees fleeing the ongoing civil war in Syria. The population of the camp is currently estimated at 83,000.\u201d \u2014 excerpt from Benjamin Grant\u2019s <\/i>Overview<\/p>\n<p>Grant\u2019s increasing awareness of the visual impact of dense architectural landscapes also extended to instances that carry a huge sociopolitical weight: The juxtaposed images of a desert in Jordan, taken three years apart, reveals the rapid emergence of a refugee camp as the Syrian Civil War unfolded.<\/p>\n<p>It gave the author a whole new perspective of how human civilization can transform the Earth, with those impacts extending far beyond the edge of each photograph. \u201cThe change to the landscape is far greater than this particular image shows,\u201d emphasizes Grant. \u201cCities were destroyed, people\u2019s lives were destroyed to create this new landscape.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/147732827957012_-_Ordos_Ghost_City.jpg?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/147732827957012_-_Ordos_Ghost_City.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/147732827957012_-_Ordos_Ghost_City.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/147732827957012_-_Ordos_Ghost_City.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/147732827957012_-_Ordos_Ghost_City.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/147732827957012_-_Ordos_Ghost_City.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><i>\u201cOrdos, China, is considered by many accounts to be the largest ghost city in the world \u2026 Reports as of 2016 suggest that only 2 percent of the new buildings have been occupied and many of the city\u2019s other construction projects have been abandoned.&#8221;<\/i><i helvetica=\"\" neue\",=\"\" helvetica,=\"\" arial,=\"\" sans-serif;=\"\" font-size:=\"\" 16px;=\"\" font-weight:=\"\" 400;\"=\"\">\u2014 excerpt from Benjamin Grant\u2019s Overview<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Similar social and political resonance lies within Grant\u2019s depiction of Ordos, an infamous example of China\u2019s \u201cghost cities\u201d \u2014 vast planned developments that were never populated due to high prices and a lack of desire of rural populations to transpose their lives to urban settlements. Here, <a href=\"http:\/\/architizer.com\/firms\/mad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MAD<\/a>\u2019s distinctive <a href=\"http:\/\/architizer.com\/projects\/ordos-art-and-city-museum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ordos Art and City Museum<\/a> is framed by rows of empty high-rises and desolate streets. One of the highlights of a chapter \u201cWhere We Waste,\u201d this eerily beautiful portrait of a lonely city encapsulates the misguided belief that \u201cif you build it, they will come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From Earth to Ordos, Grant\u2019s book spans the gamut of incredible manmade compositions at an epic scale, each telling their own story about our relationship with the planet and with each other. There are hundreds of images to enjoy within these pages, but we just had to ask Grant the impossible question: Which is his favorite?<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/14773292689508_-_Palmanova.jpg?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/14773292689508_-_Palmanova.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/14773292689508_-_Palmanova.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/14773292689508_-_Palmanova.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/14773292689508_-_Palmanova.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/14773292689508_-_Palmanova.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><i>\u201cPalmanova, Italy, is characterized by its star fort layout. The town was constructed in this way so that an attack on any individual wall could be defended from the two adjacent star points by shooting the enemy from behind.\u201d <\/i><i helvetica=\"\" neue\",=\"\" helvetica,=\"\" arial,=\"\" sans-serif;=\"\" font-size:=\"\" 16px;=\"\" font-weight:=\"\" 400;\"=\"\">\u2014 excerpt from Benjamin Grant\u2019s Overview<\/i><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy favorite images are the ones that get people to ask me \u2018What is that?!\u2019\u201d laughs Grant. \u201cWhen I\u2019ve done such a confusing job that I\u2019ve got someone\u2019s mind to be open, and for a moment there, they want to learn more, they want to look closer, and they want to figure it out.\u201d As a medium for sparking curiosity in this way, it seems certain that <i>Overview<\/i> will achieve its lofty goal, and its readers will never look at the Earth \u2014 or its architecture \u2014 in quite the same way again.<\/p>\n<p><i>To order your hardbound edition of <\/i>Overview<i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Overview-Perspective-Earth-Benjamin-Grant\/dp\/039957865X\/ref=zg_bs_3564969011_4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><\/i><i helvetica=\"\" neue\",=\"\" helvetica,=\"\" arial,=\"\" sans-serif;=\"\" font-size:=\"\" 16px;=\"\" font-weight:=\"\" 400;\"=\"\">All images reprinted with permission from <\/i>Overview<i helvetica=\"\" neue\",=\"\" helvetica,=\"\" arial,=\"\" sans-serif;=\"\" font-size:=\"\" 16px;=\"\" font-weight:=\"\" 400;\"=\"\"> by Benjamin Grant<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Overview-Perspective-Earth-Benjamin-Grant\/dp\/039957865X\/ref=zg_bs_3564969011_4\"><\/a><\/i><i helvetica=\"\" neue\",=\"\" helvetica,=\"\" arial,=\"\" sans-serif;=\"\" font-size:=\"\" 16px;=\"\" font-weight:=\"\" 400;\"=\"\"> \u00a9 2016; published by Amphoto Books, a division of Penguin Random House; images \u00a9 2016 by DigitalGlobe<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When author Benjamin Grant typed in \u201cEarth\u201d on a mapping program back in 2013, he made an accidental discovery that would fundamentally change his view of the world and send him down a path of discovery for the following three years of his life. \u201cThe project really started as a mistake,\u201d says Grant, the author&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"architizer_featured_type":"projects","architizer_featured_image":"1808157","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[28],"architizer_project":[],"architizer_brand":[],"architizer_firm":[],"architizer_product":[],"class_list":["post-386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspiration","category-materials","tag-interview"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - 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