Evan Reinheimer Showcases Kite Aerial Photography at Gallery 14

Evan Reinheimer doesn't shoot from a ladder, nor does he rent a drone. In a seemingly old-fashioned twist, he flies a kite.

The New York-based photographer's work lands at Gallery 14 this week in ALOFT: Aerial Kite Photography, a show that runs through April 24 at the gallery's home in Vero Beach's Downtown Historic Arts District. This Friday, you get to meet him in conjunction with the monthly First Friday Gallery Stroll, April 3rd, from 5–8 PM.

Reinheimer's practice, technically called kite aerial photography, uses cameras lofted on kite lines to capture images from a vantage point that's neither satellite nor street level. The results sit somewhere in between "intimate enough to feel grounded" and "surprising enough to make you do a double-take."

Whether rooftops, coastlines, or landscapes, Reinheimer captures familiar subjects from an entirely novel vantage point and has won awards for this work. There's a patience and precision to his method that digital shortcuts can't replicate.

ALOFT shares the April walls with the full roster of Gallery 14's owner-artists and represented artists, complete with watercolor, oil, ceramics, sculpture, glass, and more from Lila Blakeslee, Barbara du Pont, Dorothy Napp Schindel, and a dozen others.

Gallery 14 is located at 1911 14th Avenue. The First Friday reception is free and open to the public, April 3rd, 5–8pm. More at gallery14verobeach.com.