#doris mitsch

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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

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

“Lockdown Gulls (Sea Ranch)”

All images © Doris Mitsch

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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.

Mitsch’s composites vary in length of time, number of birds, and total images combined, which ranges from 500 to 5,000.

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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.

*for a day when everything else in the world just feels more heavy then usual.