REVIEW OF MARFA FLIGHTS
"These stunning images of one of the most sparsely populated and least visited regions of North America are not your typical coffee table book pretty pictures. In Marfa Flights: Aerial Views of Big Bend Country, Paul Chaplo, a classically trained visual artist who also happens to be a professional photographer, found and composed out of this swirlingly violent and bone-dry landscape something wondrous and haunting. Photographed from a single engine airplane, at various times of day, the land and sky and jewel-like ribbons of water come alive with form, muscle, and color.”

— C.M. Mayo, author of Miraculous Air: Journey of a Thousand Miles through Baja California


AUTHOR/PHOTOGRAPHER: PAUL CHAPLO
PUBLISHER: TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY PRESS
Read more and order the book: http://www.tamupress.com/product/Marfa-Flights,7882.aspx

Paul Chaplo presenting Marfa Flights talk at the Center for Big Bend Studies Annual Conference this Friday

Alpine, TX If you love the Big Bend, the CBBC Annual Conference is a must-attend! Join Celia Bell, Mary Bones, and yours truly for an exciting session that covers a lot of Big Bend turf and history with illustrated talks punctuated with amazing pictures!

Where: Sul Ross University, Alpine, TX
Friday, November 7
1:30—3:00 P.M.

Session 5, Room C
Chair: Rick Hendricks
Timekeeper: John Jorgensen

Cecilia Bell
Josephine Clifford: 1866 Trails to Fort Bayard

Mary Bones
Early Aerial Photography of the Big Bend

Paul V. Chaplo
Marfa Flights: Aerial Views of Big Bend Country

The session will be followed by a book-signing by Paul Chaplo on the Morgan University Center mezzanine. Books will be for sale, and proceeds help support the Museum of the Big Bend.

I am looking forward to hearing Mary Bones speak on the topic of early aerial photography of the Big Bend. W.D. Smithers is one of my heroes; would love to fly in a vintage DH-4! Remember to see the my Marfa Flights exhibit next door in the Museum of the Big Bend! There you can see the original photographs from the book and more! All the original photographs are for sale, and a portion of the proceeds help the Museum of the Big Bend.
http://cbbs.sulross.edu/conference.php

Paul Chaplo appears as featured author at Texas Book Festival '14

We just returned from an amazing weekend at the Texas Book Festival in Austin, TX. Here I am meeting festival goers and signing books in the Texas A&M University Press tent. Words can barely express how deeply fulfilling the experience of having my photography book Marfa Flights published by Texas A&M University Press. This is a dream come true! Then, to have a big exhibition of my work at the same time at the Museum of the Big Bend is immensely satisfying. On top of that, being selected to be a featured TXBookFest author and speak with Griff and Stephanie is icing on the cake! So wonderful to share these moments with my wife Cyndi. We both have enjoyed meeting many quality people on this journey, and this weekend that includes Griff Smith, Stephanie Barko, C.M. Mayo and many fellow authors and TXBookFest organizers and volunteers. What an amazing time! Thanks to everyone who made it possible. Now we prepare for my presentation at the Center for Big Bend Studies Annual Conference and planning the next project. Center for Big Bend Studies Annual Conference Program More soon…

Paul Chaplo to appear at Texas Book Festival 2014 as a featured author this Saturday!

See you in Austin this weekend for the 2014 Texas Book Festival. I am so excited to be selected as one of the authors chosen to give a talk on my book "Marfa Flights" on Saturday, Oct. 25 at 12:30 pm at The Contemporary in Austin, Texas.Over 40,000 people are expected to attend the festival this year. I am in the "Views of Texas" session with Griff Smith from Texas Highways Magazine who I met earlier at the rooftop opening bash at The Contemporary Austin. The session will be moderated by well-known literary publicist Stephanie Barko. I will also be doing book signing at the Texas A&M University Press tent and the Barnes & Noble tent on the State Capitol grounds in Austin -- what an awesome venue and event! Special thanks to the TAMU Press marketing team for successfully pitching to #TXbookfest See you at The Contemporary!
"VIEWS OF TEXAS"
Location: The Contemporary Austin--Jones Center
(700 Congress, Austin, TX)
Time: 12:30 PM — 1:30 PM Saturday, Oct. 25
Authors: I will be joined by
J. Griffis Smith from Texas Highways magazine!
Texas Book Festival Session at the Contemporary - Jones Center with Paul Chaplo

Paul Chaplo: Marfa Flights book and exhibition events

Paul Chaplo author and photographer of Marfa Flights: Aerial Views of Big Bend Country

MARFA FLIGHTS EVENTS:
Marfa Public Radio: “Talk at 10” : hear the podcast.
Exhibition at the Museum of the Big Bend, Sul Ross University, Alpine, TX . September 19, 2014 through January 18, 2015. Come to the opening at the Museum of the Big Bend: Sept 19, 6-8pm with book signing
Roundtable discussion at Sul Ross University: Paul will be joined by local experts Larry Francell , John Morlock, Dr. Kevin Urbanczyk,  and Roger Amis to discuss the Marfa Flights project :  Sept 20, 10am-12noon
Book-signing: National Park Visitors Center, Panther Junction at the Big Bend Natural  History Association bookstore:  Sept. 21, 1-3pm
Texas Book Festival in Austin: October 25, 26
Center for Big Bend Studies: Annual Conference at Sul Ross University Nov. 7-8, 2014
2015 Texas State Historical Association: Conference, Corpus Christi, TX on March 5-7.
T. Lindsay Baker: chair and commentator, and Larry Francell, co-presenter.

Paul Chaplo and Mary Bones on Marfa Public Radio "Talk at 10": The Marfa Flights book and exhibit at the Museum of the Big Bend

(Left to right: Mary Bones, Paul Chaplo, Tom Michael)

Shortly after delivering the framed large scale color photographs to the Museum of the Big Bend, we headed over to Marfa Public Radio for an interview with Tom Michael on "Talk at 10" the daily interview program.

Paul Chaplo, author/photographer of "Marfa Flights"

Paul Chaplo with his wife and collaborator, Cyndi.

The upcoming events surrounding the book and exhibit are as follows:
Sept. 19 at 6 pm: The release of the Marfa Flights: Aerial Views of Big Bend Country book from Texas A&M University Press will featured at the opening of a concurrent exhibition of large format photographs from the book at the Museum of the Big Bend at Sul Ross University in Alpine, Texas. The opening on Sept. 19 from 6-8 pm will be accompanied by a book signing. The event is free to the public. All of the original photographs are available for purchase and the proceeds help to support the Museum of the Big Bend.

Sept. 20 from 10 am - 12 noon there will be a roundtable discussion of the Marfa Flights project at Sul Ross University in Alpine, TX. The panel will include Roger Amis, pilot; Dr. Kevin Urbancyzk, geologist, John Morlock, US National Park Service, Larry Francell, historian; and Paul Chaplo, photographer/author. The panel will be moderated by the Museum of the Big Bend.

Sep. 21 from 1-3pm. Paul Chaplo will be doing a book-signing at the Big Bend National Park Visitors Center at Panther Junction. The signing is hosted by the Big Bend Natural History Association and will be held in the bookstore in the Visitors Center. Come meet the author enjoy the book-signing in this awesome setting!

The Marfa Flights exhibit will show Texas-sized color aerial art landscape photographs taken by Paul Chaplo during perilous flights over the forbidding and austerely beautiful border lands.

The Museum of the Big Bend will also host a panel discussion about the book and project, bringing together a unique group of experts to discuss the Marfa Flights project and Big Bend from the viewpoints of pilot, National Park Service, historian, and geologist.

Marfa Flights book website

ABOUT THE MUSEUM:
The Museum of the Big Bend is part of Sul Ross University in Alpine, Texas, and serves & educates the public by collecting, preserving, exhibiting & interpreting the culture, history & nature of Big Bend region of Texas. Learn more here:Museum of the Big Bend website

ABOUT THE BOOK:
Marfa Flights: Aerial Views of Big Bend Country by Paul Chaplo
Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas
10x10", 121 color photographs, map
Preface by T. Lindsay Baker
Introduction by Lawrence John Francell
Read more about the book in the book catalog from Texas A&M University Press:
See a preview of the book here: Texas A&M University Press

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Paul Chaplo works as a professional photographer specializing in corporate and architectural photography. He spends most of his time working from a helicopter flying with the doors off over Dallas, producing both still images and stabilized HD video.

Paul holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from the world-renown graduate photography program at Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York.

Follow us on Facebook: Paul Chaplo's author page
Twitter: @PaulChaplo

Advance Copy of Paul Chaplo 's Book Marfa Flights: Aerial Views of Big Bend Country

"It’s epic."
-Denise Gamino, journalist 
 The advance copy of the "Marfa Flights: Aerial Views of Big Bend Country" book has arrived from Texas A&M University Press. The qualities of the printing and color are wonderful. After years of this labor of love, and with the help of many talented people, the experience of holding the book in my hands is beyond words! Thank you to everyone who made the Marfa Flights project possible! 

The release of the Marfa Flights: Aerial Views of Big Bend Country book from Texas A&M University Press will featured at the opening of a concurrent exhibition of large format photographs from the book at the Museum of the Big Bend at Sul Ross University in Alpine, Texas. The opening will be accompanied by a book signing. The event is free to the public.

The Marfa Flights exhibit will show Texas-sized color aerial art landscape photographs taken by Paul Chaplo during perilous flights over the forbidding and austerely beautiful border lands.

The Museum of the Big Bend will also host a panel discussion about the book and project, bringing together a unique group of experts to discuss the Marfa Flights project and Big Bend from the viewpoints of pilot, National Park Service, historian, and geologist.

Marfa Flights book website

ABOUT THE MUSEUM:
The Museum of the Big Bend is part of Sul Ross University in Alpine, Texas, and serves & educates the public by collecting, preserving, exhibiting & interpreting the culture, history & nature of Big Bend region of Texas. Learn more here:Museum of the Big Bend website

ABOUT THE BOOK:
Marfa Flights: Aerial Views of Big Bend Country by Paul Chaplo
Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas
10x10", 121 color photographs, map
Preface by T. Lindsay Baker
Introduction by Lawrence John Francell
Read more about the book in the book catalog from Texas A&M University Press:
See a preview of the book here: Texas A&M University Press Fall/Winter 2014 Catalog

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Paul Chaplo works as a professional photographer specializing in corporate and architectural photography. He spends most of his time working from a helicopter flying with the doors off over Dallas, producing both still images and stabilized HD video.

Paul holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from the world-renown graduate photography program at Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York.

Follow us on Facebook: Paul Chaplo's author page
Twitter: @PaulChaplo

MARFA FLIGHTS by Paul Chaplo Book Launch and Exhibit at the Museum of the Big Bend

ALPINE, TX The release of the Marfa Flights: Aerial Views of Big Bend Country book from Texas A&M University Press will featured at the opening of a concurrent exhibition of large format photographs from the book at the Museum of the Big Bend at Sul Ross University in Alpine, Texas. The opening will be accompanied by a book signing. The event is free to the public.

The Marfa Flights exhibit will show Texas-sized color aerial art landscape photographs taken by Paul Chaplo during perilous flights over the forbidding and austerely beautiful border lands.

The Museum of the Big Bend will also host a panel discussion about the book and project, bringing together a unique group of experts to discuss the Marfa Flights project and Big Bend from the viewpoints of pilot, National Park Service, historian, and geologist.

Marfa Flights book website

ABOUT THE MUSEUM:
The Museum of the Big Bend is part of Sul Ross University in Alpine, Texas, and serves & educates the public by collecting, preserving, exhibiting & interpreting the culture, history & nature of Big Bend region of Texas. Learn more here:Museum of the Big Bend website

ABOUT THE BOOK:
Marfa Flights: Aerial Views of Big Bend Country by Paul Chaplo
Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas
10x10", 121 color photographs, map
Preface by T. Lindsay Baker
Introduction by Lawrence John Francell
Read more about the book in the book catalog from Texas A&M University Press:
See a preview of the book here: Texas A&M University Press Fall/Winter 2014 Catalog

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Paul Chaplo works as a professional photographer specializing in corporate and architectural photography. He spends most of his time working from a helicopter flying with the doors off over Dallas, producing both still images and stabilized HD video.

Paul holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from the world-renown graduate photography program at Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York.

Follow us on Facebook: Paul Chaplo's author page


Twitter: @PaulChaplo

Paul Chaplo announces an upcoming book from Texas A&M Press
College Station, TX
BE A SPONSOR AND PUT YOUR BRAND ON A SPECIAL EDITION!
Become a corporate sponsor of MARFA FLIGHTS book, and put your company brand on a special edition of 100 or more books! Your company's logo and message can appear on a frontice page just like the Valero logo in this prototype! Makes a great corporate gift for the holidays! It is remarkable that you can get a special edition with your endorsement page bound into the book at a discount from the bookstore retail price -- a true win-win! To be a sponsor, just order 100 or more books prior to printing, which is happening soon! This really is a limited-time offer! -Paul Chaplo
Email paulchaplo@gmail.com for more information.
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Twitter: @PaulChaplo