Emmet Gowin was born in 1941 in the city of Danville, VA. When he first started taking pictures, he enjoyed photographing evocative pictures of his wife and family. In 1980, Gowin was asked to go photograph the massive eruption of Mount Saint Helens. The pictures were not able to be taken from the ground, so Gowin recieved permission to fly and take aerial view pictures. After that, Gowin was fascinated by aerial view. He continued to take these sort of pictures, and flew around the world photographing military test sights, farmlands, battlefields, mining areas, and missile silos. Gowin was quoted saying that he likes the view of "what the gods see".
The first image on your post was actually made by his son - Elijah Gowin. His work is also very strong, you might be interested in googling him.
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