The story behind photographing Kati Thanda from above — where salt, water, colour, and desert light become abstraction.
Kati Thanda is a place that asks for distance and surrender. From above, the lake becomes something almost painterly — salt, water, mineral colour, and desert light arranging themselves into forms that feel both ancient and otherworldly.
Photographing it requires trust: in the pilot, in the weather, in the light, and in the ability to respond quickly from a moving aircraft. It is a reminder that the strongest images often arrive when preparation meets uncertainty.
Behind these aerial photographs is a lesson in patience, attention, and humility. Nature does not perform on command. It reveals itself in fragments, and the work is to be ready when it does.
Back to Behind The Scenes