Great news! The June DPC meeting will feature yet another highly accomplished photographer. This time we’re lucky to be joined by Paul Bowen, a commercial aviation photographer. Paul’s bio and website below.
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Paul Bowen, a commercial photographer based in Wichita, Kansas, has been shooting aerial photography since 1972. He is credited with over 1,000 magazine covers and countless advertising campaigns. Paul was selected as one of 60 professional photographers who make up Canon’s “Explorers of Light” program. He maintains a busy shooting schedule traveling the globe in search of stunning backgrounds.
Paul shoots from various airplanes while flying in tight formation to achieve his desired shots. He is often perched in the open tail-gunner’s position of a World War II B-25 bomber, strapped in, thousands of feet up. His headset and microphone connect him to the B-25’s pilot, and the pilot relays directions to the crew of the airplane Paul is photographing. As the target plane gets closer, Paul directs them with hand signals.
Business and Commercial Aviation Magazine honored Paul as only one of three recipients of its Vision Award for 2008, based on his contribution to aviation. In 2009 he was nominated with five other companies and individuals as a candidate for Aviation Week & Space Technology Magazine’s annual Laureate Award for the Business/General Aviation category. Paul had previously been named “Photographer of the Year” by Pro-Pilot Magazine. In 2008 ISAP, the International Society for Aviation Photography, awarded Paul the Lifetime Achievement Award, their highest honor, for “a lifetime of outstanding contributions to aviation photography”.
Paul is best known for his vortices aerials. Canon cameras ran two ad campaigns featuring Paul and his vortices images. He will be continuing on to The Reading Air show.
Some tickets to this event may be made available … Paul’s website is www.airtoair.net