Artwork by David Maisel
Texts by David Maisel, Geoff Manaugh, and Alexander Nemerov
Conversation with Samantha Harvey
250 pp.; 196 Images; 9×12 inches, hardcover with poster jacket
Published by Radius Books
Publication Date: Fall 2026
Trade ISBN: 9798890181435
Signed ISBN: 9798890181442
“Known for his aerial photographs chronicling the complex relationships between natural systems and human intervention, David Maisel’s images often initially appear abstract and painterly, offering detailed but open-ended visual information that operates as both documentary and metaphor. Their strange beauty has been referred to as ‘the apocalyptic sublime.'”
View from the Precipice, a retrospective monograph spanning Maisel’s entire career, begins with a comprehensive index of his projects from 1983 to 2026 that includes both extensive information about each body of work and insights into their development in the artist’s own words. This chronology is followed by a lyrically sequenced plate section that draws formal and conceptual connections across bodies of work, decades of time, and photography and painting—the two mediums in which Maisel most commonly works. In addition to writing by the artist, View from the Precipice also includes newly commissioned essays by Alexander Nemerov and Geoff Manaugh alongside a transcribed conversation between Maisel and author Samantha Harvey that focuses on, among other things, the visual and psychological perspective afforded by the aerial vantage point.
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