"Marfa Flights" book session at Texas State Historical Association in Corpus Christ!

The "Marfa Flights" Team at TSHA 2015
(left to right) Lawrence "Larry" Francell, T. Lindsay Baker, and Paul Chaplo

(Corpus Christi) Surrounded by a true "Dream Team" for my first appearance at the Texas State Historical Association annual meeting in Corpus Christi. (In group pic, left to right) Lawrence "Larry" Francell, T. Lindsay Baker, and me just after we completed our session "Marfa Flights" based on my book from Texas A&M University Press. Dr. Baker presided over the session as both Chair and Commentator, while Larry presented his paper titled "Writing in the Air from on the Ground" which addressed the changing land in the Big Bend country of Texas, photography as art and document, and aviation in Big Bend. I presented my heavily illustrated paper "Photographing Big Bend from a Cessna," with stories and history from the book along with anecdotes from "the making of" the photographs in the book. Thanks to Dr. Baker and Mr. Francell for making the session a great success!

The well-attended "Marfa Flights" session at TSHA 2015 

Well-attended "Marfa Flights" session at TSHA 2015. Here I am giving a talk with lots of pictures, of course! Nice to see Ron Tyler in the audience as I appreciate his writing during his work as former director of the Amon Carter Museum.

 Paul Chaplo, author of "Marfa Flights" presenting at the
Texas State Historical Association 2015

Paul Chaplo at the podium presenting his paper "Photographing Big Bend from a Cessna," which was accompanied by numerous color photographs in a PowerPoint presentation. The paper and session are based on the book Marfa Flights: Aerial Views of Big Bend Country from Texas A&M University Press. Find the book on Amazon, or better yet, support TAMU Press by purchasing the book directly from Texas A&M University Press here: http://www.tamupress.com/product/Marfa-Flights,7882.aspx

The Marfa Flights traveling exhibition is now available for qualified museums. A prospectus is available.

Bio: 
Paul Chaplo holds a Master of Fine Arts in Photography degree from the renowned Rochester Institute of Technology. His book "Marfa Flights" is packed full of Texas-sized aerial photographs of the Big Bend country taken during perilous flights over the backcountry of this remarkable part of the Texas borderlands. Chaplo is a commercial architectural and aerial photographer based near Dallas. He also does archival HABS - HAER - HALS type large format archival film photography.

Paul Chaplo's "Marfa Flights" Session at the Texas State Historical Association Annual Meeting

 Paul Chaplo with his faithful Sheltie "MacKenzie"

 

Do you love Texas History and fine art landscape photography? Wonder how the Chisos Mountains look from the air or the topography that surrounds the Presidio San Vicente site? Join us for en exciting session at the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) Annual Meeting in Corpus Christi, Texas on March 5-7. My session, "Marfa Flights: Aerial Views of Big Bend Country" is scheduled for Thursday, March 5 at 3:30 pm in the Nueces A ballroom. The two-paper session will features T. Lindsay Baker (W.K. Gordon Endowed Chair in Texas History) presiding as chair and commentator, and Larry Francell (who wrote the introduction to my book) co-presenting a second paper titled "Writing in the Air from on the Ground," while I present "Marfa Flights: Photographing Big Bend from a Cessna." It is an honor to be presenting a session in collaboration with Dr. Baker and Mr. Francell. If you love Texas history this is a must-see!
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Be sure to stop by the Texas A&M University exhibit where I will be greeting visitors and  signing books!

The book "Marfa Flights: Aerial Views of Big Bend Country" is published by Texas A&M University Press (College Station) and available from TAMU Press, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and your local bookseller. Here is the link to the Texas A&M Univ. Press website for purchasing the Marfa Flights book: http://www.tamupress.com/product/Marfa-Flights,7882.aspx