Alexander Heilner

First Visit to Batuu

Black Spire Outpost – the new Galaxy’s Edge area of Disneyland – is hands down the most comprehensive and fully immersive “land” I’ve ever experienced at a theme park – or really in any “designed” space. After four hours there last Friday, walking back to Frontierland felt like returning to the “normal world”. The craftsmanship ...Read More

Don’t Take Pictures

Happy Birthday to me! Kat Kiernan of DON’T TAKE PICTURES is unwittingly celebrating my birthday by including several of my aerial photographs in her write-up of last month’s Portfolio Reviews at the Denver Month of Photography. It was great to meet Kat there, along with several other fantastic industry professionals, including Mary Virginia Swanson, and ...Read More

Research at the Center for Art + Environment

Thanks to Bill Fox, this week I’m at the Center for Art + Environment, doing some research for future projects. This institution, housed within the Nevada Museum of Art is a phenomenal resource for anyone making or studying land art; environmental photography or sculpture; aerial imaging; Burning Man… It feels like home! Also, it’s a ...Read More

CENTER: Review Santa Fe

I just returned from Review Santa Fe, which was an amazing, if brief trip. I made a lot of good connections with publishers, curators, and some amazing fellow photographers. I had some very productive conversations about potential book projects, as well as some exhibition opportunities which may come up very soon. Stay tuned!

My Mavic 2 is Up and Flying

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!

Pingyao International Photography Festival

Selections from The New Arctic are included in the 18th Pingyao International Photography Festival, which opens today. The images are part of the Climate Focus exhibition. I won’t be making it to China this year, but maybe you will!

Back to Teaching, and A Year in Colorado

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

Juror’s Prize at the Wayne Art Center

This photograph of Expedition Everest, at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, just won the juror’s award for “Reflections Thru The Lens”, curated by Byron Wolfe at the Wayne Art Center. When faced with an elaborately manufactured landscape, I just can’t help myself…

MSAC Individual Artist Award!

I’m proud and honored to be in the company of Lynne Parks, Matthew Moore, Ben Marcin, Stephen Towns, Lu Zhang, Annet Couwenberg, Ginevra Shay, Kei Ito, and so many other talented artists, as a winner of a Maryland State Arts Council 2018 Individual Artist Award! So happy to be a part of all this creative ...Read More