Making the Cut: Paul Chaplo selected as Featured Author
for Texas Book Festival 2021

I have been selected to be a featured author at Texas Book Festival 2021, the premier book and authors' event in the state! I will be presenting my new book "Amarillo Flights: Aerial Views of Llano Estacado Country." This will be my second appearance! 

Special thanks to the #TXBookFest team, event sponsors AT&T and HEB, my publisher #TAMUPress, and my exhibition sponsor #RedRiverPaper of Dallas makers of fine art papers for photographers. The entire Amarillo Flights traveling exhibition is printed on #RRP Palo Duro Softgloss paper! The exhibit is currently on view at the Lea Co. Museum in New Mexico. I hope to find a venue in Austin for the next showing! ...more soon!

Signed books will be available at People's Book in Austin, and from me! Great gifts for your Texana lover to read this winter!

Find my panel on the October 26th roster here: https://www.texasbookfestival.org/2021-festival-schedule/

"Amarillo Flights" Exhibition at PPHM, Canyon, Texas

 The "Amarillo Flights: Aerial Views of Llano Estacado Country" is open through January 23, 2021 in the Bivins Gallery at the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum in Canyon, Texas. Signed, limited edition prints are available at the Museum Store, and they now have several on-hand for an artistic Holiday Gift! Special thanks to my exhibition sponsor, Red River Paper of Dallas, makers of fine papers for photography! The Amarillo Flights book is published by Texas A&M University Press and is available for pre-order on Barnes & Noble .com #art #exhibition #photography #texasmade #newbook

Paul Chaplo at PPHM, Canyon, Texas

Here is a snapshot from my artist's talk at the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum in Canyon, Texas on Dec. 3rd, 2020. The event was surprisingly well-attended. Thanks to the PPHM staff and guests who made the evening a great success with an interview, Q&A, and gallery walk. The talk was followed by a visit to the Bivins Gallery, which is completely full of my color photographs! Signed, limited edition photographs are available for purchase and make a great Holiday gift idea! The exhibit is sponsored by Red River Paper of Dallas. The book is published by TAMU Press as part of WTAMU "American Wests" series. Thanks to all! 

 

Free Event at the Panhandle-Plain Historical Museum: AMARILLO FLIGHTS!

The Amarillo Flights book from TAMU Press

Paul Chaplo, photographer/author

Event: Dec. 3rd, 2020. Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, 2nd Floor. Time: 6:00 pm Admission: free
Paul Chaplo, photographer and Bill Mercer curator of art team-up to present "Amarillo Flights: Aerial Views of Llano Estacado Country" The Hazlewood Lecture Hall will be set-up for social distancing. Bring a mask and emerge from your dugout! Admission is FREE. Artwork will be available for sale to take home with you for a great Christmas present! Also pre-orders for books will be available!

The talk will be followed by a gallery visit!

Get your free tickets from PPHM: https://www.panhandleplains.org/events/2020/exhibition-insights-with-paul-chaplo

Amarillo Flights opening a PPHM!

Grand opening! The Amarillo Flights: Aerial Views of Llano Estacado Country exhibition of my fine art aerial photographs opened July 17 at the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum #PPHM in Canyon, Texas. The show will run through January 23, 2021. All of thirty-eight color photographs are printed my favorite paper: Red River Paper's Palo Duro SoftGloss rag paper! Red River Paper of Dallas, makers of fine papers for photographers is the exhibition sponsor. The images in the exhibition are from my upcoming book from Texas A&M University Press which is expected to hit the shelves in November! Watch for updates! Signed, small-run, limited edition photographs are available for purchase. #redriverpaper #TAMUPress
https://www.panhandleplains.org/p/collections--exhibitions/special-exhibitions/amarilloflights

Chaplo to show works at Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

Amarillo Flights exhibit to open at PPHM later this year! Paul Chaplo's "Amarillo Flights: Aerial Views of Llano Estacado Country" traveling exhibition will premier at the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum in Canyon, Texas! Thanks to the awesome team at PPHM and West Texas A&M University. PPHM is the largest history museum in Texas, and it now taking on a contemporary approach! I am thrilled to be part of that. My fine art aerial landscape photography of places like Horsehead Crossing, Adobe Walls battlefield, and Landergin Mesa will fill one of the galleries. The Amarillo Flights book is being published by Texas A&M University Press as part of WTAMU's American Wests series.z

The exhibition is sponsored by Red River Paper of Dallas. We are printing the show on Red River Paper's Palo Duro "SoftGloss" fine art photography paper!

Visit the museum website:https://www.panhandleplains.org/p/collections--exhibitions/upcoming-exhibitions

See Paul Chaplo's work as an oilfield photographer Midland - Odessa doing work in the Permian Basin and Wolfcamp oilfield: https://www.oilpics.com/

Chaplo's "Amarillo Flights" Traveling Exhibition to Premier at Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, Texas

(Canyon, Texas) The The Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum (PPHM) will premier Paul Chaplo's fine art aerial landscape photography exhibition “Amarillo Flights” through November 1, 2020. The Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, near Amarillo, is the largest history museum in Texas (now that’s big!). PPHM is home to a major collection of Western Art. The show features aerial photography of the Llano Estacado and Canadian River valley including many historic sites. PPHM will also host the launch of Paul Chaplo’s upcoming book (by the same title), planned for release by Texas A&M University Press for Fall of 2020. Chaplo is a Texas photographer. This is his second book with Texas A&M University Press. The "Amarillo Flights" book is part of The American Wests Series at WTAMU. The exhibition is sponsored by Red River Paper.

Big day! Delivering the Amarillo Flights manuscript to Texas A&M University Press

Paul Chaplo at TAMU Press

manuscript in hand!

(College Station) Big day last Friday! My wife Cynthia accompanied me to hand-off the Amarillo Flights manuscript to Texas A&M University Press. We had a delightful visit with the awesome team on Lewis St.

Amarillo Flights: Aerial Views of Llano Estacado Country is packed with Texas-sized color aerial photographs of the Llano Estacado country of Texas and New Mexico. The book is Chaplo’s third collaboration with TAMU Press.

The book features a introduction by Walt Davis, former director of the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum in Canyon, Texas; former curator of vertebrate collections at the Dallas Museum of Natural History; and along with his wife Isabel, coauthor of the book Exploring the Edges of Texas. He lives in Campbell, Texas. He is author of Building an Ark for Texas: The Evolution of a Natural History Museum.  Armed with his experience in museums and as a practicing watercolor painter, Davis bridges the worlds of history and art in his writing.

Paul Chaplo is a Texas fine art and commercial photographer. His first book was Amarillo Flights: Aerial Views of Big Bend Country. Chaplo’s commercial work as an aerial and oilfield photographer can be seen at www.oilpics.com 

Along with his latest proposed book Amarillo Flights, Chaplo is planning a traveling exhibition of select color photographs from the book, and is already moving forward with a prospectus, complete with professional art moving services. 

T. Lindsay Baker and Paul Chaplo Collaborate on a New Book: Architecture of Glen Rose

Paul Chaplo (left) and T. Lindsay Baker at Barnard's Mill, Glen Rose, TX

Author/historian Dr. T. Lindsay Baker and photographer Paul Chaplo have teamed-up to collaborate on a new book tentatively titled "A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Glen Rose, TX." The book has its roots in research conducted by historian Baker with his graduate students from Tarleton State University. That groundwork led to a successful NRHP application.

Now T. Lindsay and Paul join forces to create a beautifully illustrated book with great stories about the town and the amazing homes, buildings, and structures in Glen Rose, many of which are covered with petrified wood.

The beautiful town of Glen Rose is located on the banks of the Paluxy River. The first building in the town was Barnard's Mill, shown in the portrait of Baker and Chaplo above. The mill used water power to grind wheat into flour.

The Glen Rose book will be published by Texas A&M University Press. The book release will be accompanied by a book-signing in Glen Rose.

Paul Chaplo Presents "Marfa Flights" at West Texas Historical Association in Abilene!

Dr. Glen Ely (right) and Paul Chaplo at WTHA 2016
 

It was a pleasure to present to an overflow audience at WTHA Annual Conference 2016 thanks to our popular session titled "Trails and Roads Across Texas." We were honored to have our session chaired by Glen Ely.

My co-presenters Sylvia Mahoney and Barbara Brannon shared information-packed exciting papers about famous Texas trails and roads. Then I shared aerial photographs and historical information about the scenes from Marfa Flights: Aerial Views of Big Bend Country my book published by Texas A&M University Press.

WTHA provided a unique opportunity to sit down and talk with Glen Ely the author of “The Texas Frontier and the Butterfield Overland Mail, 1858–1861" (University of Oklahoma Press). Glen spent 25 years researching the stagecoach trail and locating tracks, ruins, and artifacts in the field. Here we are looking at topographic maps on my iPad and scoping-out the old stagecoach trail in the area of my upcoming new book Amarillo Flights: Aerial Views of Llano Estacado Country to be published by Texas A&M University Press. I can't wait to see what old tracks may be visible from the air! More soon...

The book Marfa Flights: Aerial Views of Big Bend Country is available from TAMU Press:
http://www.tamupress.com/product/Marfa-Flights,7882.aspx
and Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Marfa-Flights-University-Southwestern-Humanities/dp/1623491681

Paul Chaplo now offers air to air photography in Dallas Texas

Paul Chaplo, the author of Marfa Flights: Aerial Views of Big Bend Country is now offering air-to-air photography. This new service captures aircraft in-flight by photographing from another aircraft flying in formation. "My love for aviation and the beauty of aircraft in flight makes this aspect of my business most exciting" says Chaplo. Paul has flying in his blood and  was raised in a USAF family and is the son of a highly-decorated USAF combat and test pilot. Paul earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from Rochester Institute of Technology. His book Marfa Flights: Aerial Views of Big Bend Country was published by Texas A&M University Press in 2014. Currently, Chaplo is working on his second book Amarillo Flights (working title) that will also be published by TAMU Press, College Station, TX.
Paul Chaplo ph: 972-898-6969
email: paulchaplo@gmail.com

"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.

UPCOMING NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT FROM PAUL CHAPLO!
Photo courtesy Grant Carpenter ©2013 

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 Marfa Flights: Aerial Views of Big Bend Country

Author: Paul Chaplo 

Publisher: Texas A&M University Press 

Planned release date: Fall 2014
http://www.marfaflights.com/   

Breathtaking views of the rugged Texas Big Bend country from the air . . . 

Each year, thousands of people visit Big Bend National Park and other locations in this remote section of West Texas, marveling at the stark and magnificent landscapes carved by eons of volcanism, wind, and water into the arid, mountainous country along the Rio Grande River. But until now, very few—other than hawks or eagles—have ever surveyed this fiercely beautiful region from above. 

In Marfa Flights: Aerial Views of Big Bend Country, photographer Paul V. Chaplo takes readers on an unforgettable sky excursion over Big Bend. An introduction by longtime director of the Museum of the Big Bend, Larry Francell, traces the history of aerial photography in Big Bend, from air patrols during the Mexican Revolution to W. D. Smithers’ army flyovers to the helicopter flights after the recent Rock House fire. He also reminds us that this unique view of the land, where water is disappearing at the same time more and more humans arrive, serves as both art and documentation, a record of a changing landscape in an increasingly fragile environment. 

Flying from Marfa, Chaplo heads south to Big Bend National Park, over the Chisos Mountains to the Rio Grande. He follows the river west to Lajitas, Terlingua, and Candelaria, then veers back north to the “starry stairway” of the Davis Mountains, where the McDonald Observatory is perched. The photos capture the shapes, textures, and colors of the rugged landforms people usually see only from the ground. This dramatic perspective underscores the age and remoteness of Big Bend and displays an immense topographic tableau of strange and austere beauty.

PAUL V. CHAPLO is a professional photographer specializing in corporate and architectural photography. His creative work has been exhibited in museums around the country, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Museum of American Art in Washington, DC, the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. 

For more information visit our new website: http://www.marfaflights.com/
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AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY DALLAS, TX

We are currently flying helicopter aerial photography missions over Dallas and Fort Worth, TX. We do low-altitude photographs of major projects. I was selected to photograph the Trinity River area for the new development there, and it was exciting to be working so close to downtown Dallas skyscrapers. We created some very dramatic aerial images, and the helicopter allowed us to maneuver precisely into position. It was a great success!

Paul Chaplo, M.F.A.

Aerial Photographer

Dallas, Texas
Fort Worth, TX

EXECUTIVE PORTRAITS DALLAS, TX PHOTOGRAPHERS

I create Dallas executive portraits, aka executive photos for publicity photos, and publicity portraits in Dallas. My specialty is making digital business photos, and business portraits, as the specialty of my portrait photography services in Texas.

I am one of the few portrait photographers in Dallas and Houston with a terminal master's degree in photography. I do business portraits as contrasted with family portraits in Houston Texas. However, I have an affinity for child portraits in Texas.

Paul Chaplo, M.F.A., photographic specialist in Texas, creates digital portraits, including custom canvas portrait, and offers on location photography in Dallas and Houston.

B2B Photography: corporate photography, corporate photos Dallas, TX, and Houston Texas! I do head shots, same day publicity photos, annual reports photography, events photography, and trade show photos - all for marketing and corporate communications.

Even better ...we do it all green, with digital photography!

Paul Chaplo
www.paulchaplo.biz
paulchaplo@gmail.com

Dallas Executive Portrait Photographer

We now use our green photography approach to create executive portraits in Dallas and Fort Worth, TX and all of Texas. We bring the studio to your site and create portraits on-location. This saves travel for your individual executives, saving, time, gas, and resources.

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Going Green at Chaplo Corporate Photography

Paul Chaplo, Photographer is going green in our aerial, corporate, architectural, executive portrait, and industrial photography!

We are minimizing environmental impact by implementing key strategies in how we do business in the Dallas area and around the world. Stand by for more details and updates on how our environmentally-friendly approach is progressing.

Wishing You Great Light!
Paul

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