"Oh Là Là! Magnifique images! Jeffrey Milstein has many talents. He's an architect. He's a respected photographer who shows work in museums and galleries around the world. And he's a pilot. If ever a book was a perfect symphony of a single person's talents, Paris: From The Air is it. Milstein's eye for structure and his unquestionable knack for capturing the moment reach sumptuous heights in a compendium of some of the most wanderlust-inspiring pictures ever captured of the City of Light." -- Frommer's " . this unparalleled portfolio of Paris inspires tourists and locals alike.
" -- My French Country Home " Paris: From the Air [is] a book of 200 mesmerizing color photographs showcasing the City of Light from angles rarely seen. Milstein's straight-down shots, a style he's known for, are informed by his background as an architect and graphic designer. 'We had to work fast, as time and the best light were limited. I get into a kind of zone once I start shooting; everything else falls away and I just move into that moment,' says Milstein. Viewers may well get into a similar zone poring over his photographs of the orderly streets, monumental squares and hidden courtyards of Paris." -- CNN "What's oval, set in a rectangle and surrounded by several concentric circles, with 12 streets emerging like spokes? It's the Arc de Triomphe, seen directly from above in the new book Paris From the Air . Author Jeffrey Milstein creates his signature geometric photos by shooting straight down from a helicopter, asking the pilot to make tight circles while 'I lean out as far as I can, hand holding the camera. The door of the helicopter is open or off,' he writes in the book.
The wind from the rotor and G-force from the turns add to the challenges. The photos in the book, taken in spring 2019, capture the Louvre museum and its pyramid-shaped entrance, looking from above like an art deco coaster. The Place de Vosges park in the center of Paris resembles a fancy baseball diamond with trees, while from an angle the Grande Arche, which houses government offices in the La Défense neighborhood, suggests a sugar cube hollowed out by ants. West of Paris, Mr. Milstein flew over the gardens of the former royal residence of Versailles, first created in the 17th century. The straight-down photos here disclose the sweeping patterns of rectangular pools and decorative hedges only suggested at ground level." -- Wall Street Journal.