Artist, pilot has bird’s eye view of Vermont

For Springfield resident Len Emery, there’s a fine line between engineering, aviation, and art. Emery crisscrosses the thresholds of all three realms, again and again, during both his work and leisure time.

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Len Emery

Len Emery Photo by VAULT

By Louis Varricchio

As of Friday, February 24, 2012 -8:42 a.m.

Green Mountain Outlook

Springfield — For Springfield resident Len Emery, there’s a fine line between engineering, aviation, and art. Emery crisscrosses the thresholds of all three realms, again and again, during both his work and leisure time.

An engineer who is also a pilot and aerial photographer, Emery is best known as and a contributing photographer to Vermont Life magazine.

The artist’s website – www.lenemeryphotography.com/– contains many examples of Vermont aerial and landscape photography. Art collectors interested in the work may contact Emery through the website for specifics about his work.

Emery’s website contains several insights into what motivates him to produce art from on high–

“In late 2004 I started the Vermont from One Thousand Feet, or VT1K, project. Since I wanted to work toward my commercial pilot’s license, I figured I could get in some flying time and take pictures of the Vermont countryside at the same time.The two seemed to go hand in hand. I started to fly further out from Springfield, I’m based here at Hartness State Airport.”

So, Emery began flying and taking photographs from the cockpit of a private plane.

“I had enough prints to compile a collection of these photos—60 photos of Windsor and Windham counties. As I took more and more photos and began to compile them, a friend suggested that I make a book for sale at a gallery in Springfield where I also sell some of my other fine art photography.”

Emery found that as he began building up flight hours, there were more Vermont vistas worth capturing through the camera lens.

“I kept flying and taking pictures. In 2004 I finished Windsor and Windham counties. Then, in 2005, Bennington and Rutland counties, In late 2006, I started Orange, Washington, and Addison counties. Most recently I have been flying over Lamoille, Chittenden, Orleans, Caledonia and the other northern counties.”