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Doris Mitsch.

A stunning series of composite photographs by artist Doris Mitsch that document the flight patterns of vultures, crows and bats across the sky resulting in enthralling images of nature's beauty.

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Photographic Composites Document the Mesmerizing Flight Trails of Vultures, Crows, and Bats

“Lockdown Vultures (Moab Mesa).” 

All images © Doris Mitsch

Photographic Composites Document the Mesmerizing Flight Trails of Vultures, Crows, and Bats

“Lockdown Gulls (Sea Ranch)”

The swirling, shapeshifting flight patterns of birds and other winged creatures are fine art.

A flock of vultures creates coils and whirls between rugged mesas.

Crows descend toward a forest in single-file trails.

Gulls congregate above the sea in lengthy lines.

Doris Mitsch

We don’t look at the natural world anymore, not much. Most often we see it at some remove. A vista point, a park, a trail. An arrangement. A diorama. 

Even nature photography has tropes and conventions that hold us at a distance. What’s more banal than a close-up of a flower?

A review once described my work as “fleshy and tender.” That’s more or less what I’m after.