Paul Chaplo: Amarillo Flights & Marfa Flights

Paul Chaplo is the photographer/author of "Amarillo Flights: Aerial Views of Llano Estacado Country" and "Marfa Flights: Aerial Views of Big Bend Country (Texas A&M University Press), featured in the solo exhibit at the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum in Canyon, Texas. The exhibit is sponsored by Red River Paper of Dallas, makers of fine inkjet papers for photographers and artists! MFA Photography Rochester Institute of Technology #RIT Go Togers!

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New Glen Rose book!  A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Glen Rose, TexasBypassed, Forgotten, and PreservedBy T. Lindsay Baker and Paul V. Chaplo

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New photo exhibit in New Mexico!

My Amarillo Flights photo exhibit: in Lovington, New Mexico July 24 doors open at 5:30pm, gallery talk at 7pm, FREE live music at 8pm. I will be signing m new book! Sponsored by #RedRiverPaper #RRP. Book published by #TAMUpress. #art #book https://www.reverbnation.com/show/25442021

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The Amarillo Flights exhibit at the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum runs through Jan. 23, 2021! Open to the public!

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New Book! Amarillo Flights by Paul Chaplo!

My new book “Amarillo Flights”is now available on Amazon! See the traces of trails at Horsehead Crossing, the top of Landergin Mesa, the ruins of Chavez City, Fort Bascom site, Puerto de Los Rivajeños, and the 1874 Adobe Walls  Battlefield—to name a few. Also, see the beauty of Palo Duro Canyon, Tule Canyon and other nameless in-between places. The book from Texas A&M University Press is beautifully made with a hard cover, color dust cover, panoramic-color end sheets, and beautiful color reproductions of the over 140 photographs and map. The latter thanks to printing and binding by Friesens. Amarillo Flights is part of WTAMU’s American West Series. The book is accompanied by a traveling exhibition that is sponsored by Red River Papers of Dallas, makers of fine papers for photographers. My bio is simple: I earned a MFA Photo Degree from #RIT. Go Tigers! https://www.amazon.com/Amarillo-Flights-Aerial-Views-of-Llano-Estacado-Country-American-Wests-sponsored-by-West-Texas/dp/1623498864

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Amarillo Flights book by Paul Chaplo now on Amazon!

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First book signing for my brand new Amarillo Flights book! Thanks to Studio 101 Gallery in Fort Forth! The very supportive and creative group bought a bunch of books before I even finished setting up! The gallery was decorated for Christmas and I was surrounded by wonderful artwork! My Rudolph nose was N95 lol! Thanks to everyone who stopped by to chat and purchase signed books, inscribed with personal messages!

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New Book! Texas! Amarillo Flights by Paul Chaplo

Early review of “Amarillo Flights.” Paul H. Carlson comments: “In Amarillo Flights, Paul Chaplo from high above the land has brilliantly photographed the Llano Estacado’s vastness, its magnificent canyonlands, and its historic sites from new and wondrous perspectives.  It is a marvelous book of history and photography.” Order now on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Amarillo-Flights-Estacado-sponsored-University/dp/1623498864 

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Excited! Paul Chaplo’s new book of photography "Amarillo Flights” is available for pre-order now from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and (highly recommended) directly from Texas A&M University Press.  Signed, limited edition photographs from the book, printed on Red River Paper Palo Duro SoftGloss Rag paper, are also available as art for you wall! Order one now from Amazon! https://www.amazon.com/Amarillo-Flights-Estacado-sponsored-University/dp/1623498864

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Quote in quotes

“I just put this in quotes to see if it shows up as a quote.”

-Authors Name Here

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This is me after wearing a mask all day

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Now open! The Amarillo Flights: Aerial Views of Llano Estacado Country exhibition of my fine art aerial photographs opened July 17 at the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum #PPHM in Canyon, Texas. The show will run through January 23, 2021. All of thirty-eight color photographs are printed my favorite paper: Red River Paper's Palo Duro SoftGloss rag paper! Red River Paper of Dallas, makers of fine papers for photographers is the exhibition sponsor. The images in the exhibition are from my upcoming book from Texas A&M University Press which is expected to hit the shelves in November! Watch for updates! Signed, small-run, limited edition photographs are available for purchase. https://www.panhandleplains.org/p/collections--exhibitions/special-exhibitions/amarilloflights 

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AMARILLO BY SATURDAY! See you at the opening of the Amarillo Flights exhibition at PPHM. I will be in the gallery this Saturday, July 18 from 1:00-4:00 pm! The museum is open, just bring a mask! The exhibit, “Amarillo Flights: Aerial Views of Llano Estacado Country,” will premiere at Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum in Canyon, Texas. The one-person exhibit will showcase Paul Chaplo's personal aerial photography of the high plains of the Llano Estacado, with a focus on the rugged escarpments and breaks in Texas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. The large format color aerial images are from Chaplo's upcoming book by the same title. The photographs reveal the rugged natural beauty of the landscape and many historic sites such as Horsehead Crossing (where you will see the traces of the old trails!), Adobe Walls Battlefield, Fort Bascom site, Chavez City ruins, and the top of Landergin Mesa—to name a few of the many that will fill the Mary E. Bivins Gallery. I look forward to meeting you, surrounded by Texas-sized pictures where history meets fine art photography! The "Amarillo Flights: Aerial Views of Llano Estacado Country" book is being published by Texas A&M University Press as part of WTAMU's American Wests series. Limited edition photographs, numbered and signed by the artist will be available for purchase. The museum is now open and a face mask is required. Stay tuned for updates! -Thanks, Paul Chaplo, MFA, author of Marfa Flights and the upcoming Amarillo Flights books #art #photography #Texas #events #Amarillo . https://www.panhandleplains.org/p/collections--exhibitions/upcoming-exhibitions 

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Amarillo Flights exhibit to open at PPHM later this year! Paul Chaplo's "Amarillo Flights: Aerial Views of Llano Estacado Country" traveling exhibition will premier at the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum in Canyon, Texas! Thanks to the awesome team at PPHM and West Texas A&M University. PPHM is the largest history museum in Texas, and it now taking on a contemporary approach! I am thrilled to be part of that. My fine art aerial landscape photography of places like Horsehead Crossing, Adobe Walls battlefield, and Landergin Mesa will fill one of the galleries. The Amarillo Flights book is being published by Texas A&M University Press as part of WTAMU's American Wests series. The exhibition is sponsored by Red River Paper of Dallas. We are printing the show on Red River Paper's Palo Duro "SoftGloss" fine art photography paper!

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The The Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum (PPHM) will premier Paul Chaplo's fine art aerial landscape photography exhibition “Amarillo Flights” through November 1, 2020. The Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, near Amarillo, is the largest history museum in Texas (now that’s big!). PPHM is home to a major collection of Western Art. The show features aerial photography of the Llano Estacado and Canadian River valley including many historic sites. PPHM will also host the launch of Paul Chaplo’s upcoming book (by the same title), planned for release by Texas A&M University Press for Fall of 2020. Chaplo is a Texas photographer. This is his second book with Texas A&M University Press. The "Amarillo Flights" book is part of The American Wests Series at WTAMU. The exhibition is sponsored by Red River Paper.

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Paul Chaplo delivering the manuscript for “Amarillo Flights: Aerial Views of Big Bend Country” (working title) to Texas A&M University Press in College Station, Texas. The book features over a hundred fine art color aerial photographs of the landscape of the Llano Estacado region including many historic sites such as Horsehead Crossing on the Pecos River. 

The book will be Paul Chaplo’s second purblication with TAMU Press and will be paired with a traveling exhibit select large-scale framed photographs printed on appropriately named “Palo Duro” paper from Red River Paper in Dallas, Texas.

In addition to his fine art landscape photography, Paul Chaplo is an aerial and oilfield photographer who works in the Dallas area and in the Permian Basin oil and gas fields near Midland - Odessa, Texas and New Mexico around Carlsbad, New Mexico. His commercial work can be seen at www.oilpics.com

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Amarillo Flights book, exhibition, and book signings by Paul Chaplo, photographer!

The upcoming new book Amarillo Flights: Aerial Views of Llano Estacado Country by Paul Chaplo will be paired with a traveling exhibition. The photographer - author Chaplo currently has two venues for exhibition, book signings, and author's talks.

The book and traveling exhibition will feature large color aerial photographs of the Llano Estacado area of Texas and Eastern New Mexico. The book will be published by Texas A&M University Press in College Station, Texas. The exhibition images will be printed on beautiful Palo Duro paper from Red River Paper in Dallas, Texas.

Paul Chaplo is an oil and gas photographer who works in the Permian Basin oilfield from Midland - Odessa Texas to Pecos and in Eastern New Mexico around Carlsbad, NM. His upcoming book will be the second book of Paul Chaplo's photography published by Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas. Paul has a terminal master's degree in photography from RIT.

Paul’s commercial work can be seen at www.oilpics.com