How to get to Space without a Rocket | Jon Carmichael | TEDxManchester
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- Опубликовано: 27 мар 2019
- Photographer Jon Carmichael always imagined what it would be like to see Earth from space. With a blend of passions for astronomy, aviation, and photography, Carmichael had a unique idea to photograph a solar eclipse from the sky. His great opportunity came in 2017 during the Great American Eclipse. Carmichael set out against all odds to capture the event from a commercial Southwest Airlines flight inside totality at 39,000 feet above the border of Oregon and Idaho. He spent a year processing hundreds of photos into a photo-mosaic that many say could be the best image of an eclipse ever made. Hear the inspiring story as he takes us on his journey.
Follow Jon on @PhotographerJon New York-based photographer Jon Carmichael shot to fame in 2017 when he captured an astounding photo of a total solar eclipse from an airplane at 39,000 feet flying above the Snake River in America. His photo series was launched at the Twitter HQ in San Francisco and went on to be described by some as “history’s most amazing photo”.
In the past 10 years, self-taught Carmichael has developed a number of signature shooting and printing techniques that create a level of detail, depth and colour accuracy, unmatched by others in the same subject. Taking a liking to astrophotography, Carmichael aims to push the envelope of photography technology to unveil parts of the universe that simply cannot be seen by the naked eye.
For nearly a decade, Carmichael’s Contemporary work remained unseen and was never printed or sold. In 2015, he produced his first set of artist proofs which were seen and discovered for the first time by Sir Elton John. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
I’m lucky enough to know Jon Carmichael as a friend. My wife and I also chased the Great American Eclipse that day, and met up with him in St Louis when he landed from this flight. He was showing us the raw images right from his cameras. His excitement is contagious, his humanity is endearing, and his stories always fill me with awe. A charmed person for whom the stars and planets literally aligned to help him bring attention to our place in the solar system and the universe.
Art is a very special ingredient in Humanity. This mosaic image he created, I believe will be regarded as emblematic of our place in the cosmos for a very long time.
Amazing that everything lined up to work so perfectly. So many variables could have caused that to go wrong such as a delayed flight, cloudy day, different flight path, etc.
A cloudy day wouldn't have ruined it completely. Commercial flights fly above the clouds anyway.
That is amazing!!
I love to be like you as a photographer ❤
This is at best a meh photo and this dork wants to do a TED talk. TED has really gone down.
This is TEDx, not TED. There is a big difference.
At best a meh photo.. ye alright then, show me some examples of not meh photos please.
Rad personality you have there... 🙄
This was already my favorite eclipse photo before the TED talk. I think it's a gorgeous photo and this talk was beautiful.
This is what happens when hangry 10-year olds get on RUclips.