Alexander Heilner

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    • Draining the Colorado
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    • Extraction / Abstraction
    • Synthetic Truth
    • E-470: Eastern Frontier
    • Development By Design
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    • Biosphere 2
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    • Microbes
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    • Johns Hopkins Hospital
    • The Great Baltimore Fire
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My photograph in the Chronicle of Higher Ed

January 27, 2022

This week you can see my aerial image of Morgan State University’s academic quad published in the Chronicle of Higher Education. It’s a commission for a great story about the efforts among HBCUs to attain R1 status as research universities.

Filed Under: Aerial, News, Publications

The 2021 Daegu Biennale

September 14, 2021

Selections from Draining the Colorado and The New Arctic are currently featured in the 8th DAEGU BIENNALE, in Daegu, South Korea, which runs through early November. Many of the exhibitions and works are centered on the growing environmental crises faced by communities worldwide, so it is an honor to have my work selected for exhibition ...Read More

Filed Under: Aerial, Arctic, Colorado River Basin, Exhibitions, News

Back to the Colorado

August 19, 2021

I found myself back in Colorado a couple weeks ago and was able to spend some more time developing my growing portrait of the Colorado River and the communities that rely on it. This visit I spent some time tracing the river’s path along the hundred-mile stretch between Grand Lake and Dotsero.

Filed Under: News

A Deep Dive Into the Colorado River Basin

June 2, 2021

After more than a year of staying close to home, it was terrific to get back to photographing in the Southwest. I’ve been traveling around Arizona and neighboring Nevada, as well as bits of California and Utah. While I was there, Lake Mead dropped to its lowest level on record, which seemed poetic, as I ...Read More

Filed Under: Aerial, Colorado River Basin, News

Whatever it takes!

November 12, 2020

Over the last couple months my photography has taken a back seat to pressing efforts to make sure Pennsylvania voted for truth and science. I could not have done my part without the help of this persuasive little dog and Blip Billboards.

Filed Under: News

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