These Dizzying Aerial Photos Of L.A. Will Take Your Breath Away





"This is Marina del Rey. In the center are apartment complexes, and then people have their boats. It makes a graphic statement about a part of the American dream: living right next to your boat."




"This is from Park La Brea. It almost looks like a mandala pattern with a spiral in the center. This is a very interesting one because it's a housing development from the '40s; it's the largest development this side of the Mississippi."




"This is from the Port of Long Beach. They're so graphic, the way the shipping containers line up like Legos. It's about beautiful patterns."




Power plants never looked so cool.




"[I thought of doing these] neighborhood images when I was walking around Beverly Hills. I could never see into the backyards, because every house had a big wall, so I wondered what was behind them."




"It's interesting how you can immediately identify the economy of the neighborhood just by the color cast of the photos. [When you photograph] a working-class neighborhood, it's a very brown picture — it's dense and doesn't have that many trees. Then you move into Beverly Hills, and everyone has a pool and the whole cast of the picture is green."




Up, up, and away: 2,000 feet can make all the difference.




"Here, you have the sense that you could fall down into downtown L.A. because of the perspective. You can see all the rooftops with the numbers that represent the helipads. I love this because of the geometry: There's a square in the middle, but then there are diagonals, too. You get a sense of flying over downtown like you're a bird."




Another dizzying shot of an L.A. neighborhood. Can you spot your house?




"I grew up going to Venice and Santa Monica beaches, so I have a particular fondness for them. This is part of the series on leisure and beaches and how they look from above."