Aerial photographs by Kasper Kowalski
Kasper Kowalski is a well-known Polish photographer, although he is an architect by education. He came to photography through his other hobby — paragliding.
He is a first-class pilot and instructor, and it is the calmness and confidence during the flight that help him take high-quality photos in such an unusual perspective.
(8 photos in total)
1. Kasper Kowalski was born in 1977, graduated from Gdansk Technical University with a degree in architecture.
2. In the future, the profession received began to play an important role in Casper's work. "I am an architect, so I look at the world through the prism of my education, presenting everything in the form of maps and drawings," says Kowalski.
3. Kasper Kowalski lives and works in Gdynia (a city in northern Poland).
4. Kasper Kowalski received special recognition for his series of aerial photographs of the Polish winter. Winter photos taken from a bird's-eye view are very rare, since paragliding is a difficult, dangerous and expensive pleasure in winter.
5. Pomerania - the historical region of Poland in the south of the Baltic Sea - is famous for its majestic forests, lakes and rivers. It was this area that the author decided to capture in his works.
6. Pomeranian forests are of mixed type, which is why trees shed their leaves at different times in autumn. And that is why it is in autumn that these forests are a real find for an aerial photographer.
7. Kasper Kowalski devoted more than one year to photographing this area.
8. Thanks to Casper's hard work, we have the opportunity to look at the world from a bird's-eye view.
Keywords: Paragliding | Poland | From a height | Photographer