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Headline: Photographer Shoots Stunning Aerials of Miami

Caption: A photographer has captured stunning aerial images of Miami - by shooting from a helicopter with its door removed. Jeffrey Milstein has gained international praise for his artistic God's eye views of urban areas. His latest series focuses on the seductive man-made sprawl of Florida's famous beach area. New York-based Jeffrey was asked to shoot the area by Netherlands gallery ARTITLEDcontempory for the upcoming Art Miami fair (4-9 Dec). Jeffrey explains: "I flew down in September and shot Miami over two days. I photographed the leisure living around the water where even trailer parks are built on water, and hotels and condominiums along the beach, including the famous Fountainbleau Hotel, as well as downtown Miami where there has been a skyscraper boom. I plan to head down there for the Miami Basel shows in December. "I usually fly in a small gas powered helicopter with the door removed (except in Paris and London, where you are required to have a twin engine turbine to fly over the cities). As you probably noticed I like symmetry and graphic balance in my photos so I am always trying to get the pilot into a certain spot. He has to make steep turns so I can get the straight down shots I want. It often takes many turns to get the shot. I attach the camera to a gyro to help stabilise it. It is all handheld, and heavy! "My goal is to get the best resolution so I can blow up the prints to 80" wide and larger for my galleries. To do this I use very high resolution medium format cameras. I have been shooting with the Phase One 100 MPXL digital back. I use it with the Phase One camera and a Swiss made Alpa that lets me mount very sharp 4x5 lenses to the digital back. They have just released a 150 MPXl back, and I am waiting for delivery to trade up. This should give amazing resolution."

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