Alexander Heilner

  • Projects
    • Draining the Colorado
    • The New Arctic
    • Last Cold Days
    • Imperial Water
    • Welcome Home
    • Synthetic Truth
    • E-470: Eastern Frontier
    • Development By Design
    • Biosphere 2
    • Extraction / Abstraction
    • Interweaving
    • Land Marks
    • Encyclopedia of NYC
    • Microbes
    • Leaving New York
    • Johns Hopkins Hospital
    • The Great Baltimore Fire
    • Landscapes by Night
    • Raleigh 2000
    • 47 (forty-seven) FRAMES
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Back in the Air, Over Utah

October 19, 2022

Huge thanks to LightHawk for getting me in the air again this weekend. I was able to photograph the Colorado River through its most remote (and beautiful) section, from Moab to Lake Powell. Photos will be added to “Draining the Colorado” shortly. Specific thanks to pilot extraordinaire Kelly who flew up from Taos for the ...Read More

Filed Under: Aerial, Colorado River Basin, Musings, News

A couple hours with students in Sacramento

October 8, 2020

I enjoyed talking with the advanced photo students at McClatchy HS in Sacramento today. It reminded me yet again of all the amazing work high school teachers everywhere are doing to keep everyone learning remotely! Thanks to Aimee Thibedau for inviting me.

Filed Under: Musings, News

“Welcome Home” Featured on Burning Man’s Instagram Feed

September 12, 2019

Today, Burning Man featured “Welcome Home” – my project documenting the back roads of Black Rock City – on their Instagram feed. It’s an honor to be able to share this work with the larger Burning Man community for the first time.

Filed Under: Burning Man, Musings, News

My Mavic 2 is Up and Flying

October 23, 2018

My new Mavic 2 Pro is flying over Denver. In just a couple flights, the photographic possibilities are becoming very clear. Not just the obvious aerial perspectives, but the subtly of control for locating the camera almost anywhere… I’m so excited!

Filed Under: Musings, News

Back to Teaching, and A Year in Colorado

June 25, 2018

Effective July 1, I’ll be stepping down from my position as MICA’s Associate Dean of Design and Media. It’s been an exciting seven years, but I’m ready to be back in the classroom with students, and excited to have more time for my own work. To that end, I’ll be spending the next year on ...Read More

Filed Under: Musings, News