Press
Select publications and interviews
CNN Publication: Paris, Elsewhere
The morning after the November 13th terrorist attacks in Paris, I anxiously walked toward the Bataclan concert hall on boulevard Voltaire. I’d spent most of the night following the news as coordinated attacks devastated civilian targets across the French capital. It was the most violent night in Paris since WWII. As I made my way from Saint Germain, past Bastille… read more.
TV Interview: Blue Sky Days on Télématin on France 2
A television interview with me on Télématin, France’s most-watched morning program, was broadcast on September 15 on the France 2 channel. The segment featured my Blue Sky Days project, which is part of the traveling World Press Photo exhibition. The photos are on display in the Azzedine Alaïa gallery in Paris through September 27.
Review: The New York Times Magazine, The Unquiet Sky by Teju Cole
The New York Times Magazine reviewed my Blue Sky Days drone project in their July 26, 2015 Sunday Magazine. The article, titled “The Unquiet Sky,” explores the beauty and menace of aerial photography. It was written by award-winning novelist and Times photography critic Teju Cole: “…The slippage between the domestic and the threatening aspects of aerial surveillance is something the photographer Tomas van… read more.
Blue Sky Days video and interview for the ICP Infinity Awards
(Video originally shown at the ICP Infinity Awards on March 30, 2015) Part of the Blue Sky Days drone project. Photography and video by Tomas van Houtryve Directed by Brian Storm Edited by Time McLaughlin Interview filmed by Andrew Ellis Motion Graphics by Joe Fuller
Publication: TIME Magazine, Drone Country
TIME Magazine published a 10-page spread of my Blue Sky Days drone project in their Dec. 29, 2014 issue. The work is also viewable on TIME.com as a 15-image slideshow. The photo essay was edited by Myles Little, and the accompanying text was written by TIME’s book critic and lead technology writer, Lev Grossman: When a drone looks at a… read more.
Blue Sky Days exhibition preview and press in New York
On Friday, I saw a preview of the Watching You, Watching Me group exhibition at the Open Society Foundations in New York City. The show features my Blue Sky Days drone project and nine other visual artists around the theme of surveillance. The show opens to the public on Tuesday Nov. 4 and will be visible though May 8, 2015. Leading up… read more.
Publication: The New York Times, Bringing the Drone War Home
The New York Times featured my Blue Sky Days drone project in October, 2014. The article was written by Rena Silverman, who regularly writes about photography for the Times, National Geographic and other publications: Tomas van Houtryve was reading about the thousands of combatant and civilian deaths from United States military drone strikes when he wondered what the aftermath… read more.
Blue Sky Days drone video
(Video originally published by National Geographic on Aug. 15, 2014) Part of the Blue Sky Days drone project. Video and Narration by Tomas van Houtryve Music by Baksa Tibor Edited by Janna Dotschkal / National Geographic
Interview by the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College
I was recently interviewed by Dan Gettinger and Arthur Holland Michel of the the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College about my Blue Sky Days drone project. The full transcript is posted below. Center for the Study of the Drone First, could you describe to me what it is exactly that you did with the drone? Tomas van… read more.