The Infinite Mosaic Galleries assemble fragments of the worlds we live in today, treasured by visual artists from around the globe, so that we take a moment to appreciate the fleeting beauty around us, and experience the vulnerability of all things human.
“Photography has opened my eyes to where I live, the landscape, people, culture, wildlife and activities. The camera has taught me to ‘see’ and appreciate even small details, things everyone tends to miss when they function on autopilot with their regular routines.”- Eldred Allen
“Caribou Lost In Shadow” represents caribou being more of a shadow on the landscape now given their rapid decline. They are more shadow than real.
Drone photography allows taking a ‘selfie’ to a whole new level and it can incorporate so much beauty and context into the image given the unique vantage point.
Sweeping lines and beautiful light can captivate a viewer and the perspective from a drone adds the element of wonder elevating the composition.
A drone can open your eyes to the familiar and make it extraordinary; like this view of a seal sunbathing in the evening light.
It’s not only the wide vistas and sweeping views that can make beautiful images, but also picking out elements and giving a focus to interesting fragments of the landscape.
There is beauty in abstraction and drone photography opens up amazing new lines and compositions in the landscape.
A scull (group) of Harps seals swimming on their backs is a common sight where I live, but revealing their patterns and movement from an aerial perspective provides an entirely new level of intrigue and appreciation.
Eldred Allen is a photographer from Rigolet, Nunatsiavut, Canada, who rigorously maps the world around him using a combination of hand-held 360° photosphere cameras, drones, and 3D modelling. Allen’s work was featured in “Looking Down From Up” from Gallery 44 in collaboration with the Inuit Art Quarterly, followed by the exhibition “Nunatsiavut: Our Beautiful Land” at La Guilde in Montreal, QC, and “INUA”, the inaugural exhibition for qamaujuq at the Winnipeg Art Gallery in 2021.