For all the time people spend at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, whether arriving, departing or simply waiting, they seldom regard the facility as a place for artistic experience. Photographer Mark Steinmetz offers a fresh perspective on the world’s busiest airport — and the travelers who pass through it — as part of the High Museum’s ongoing “Picturing the South” series of Southern-themed photography.
Drawing its title from an old name for the city of Atlanta, “Mark Steinmetz: Terminus” debuts more than 60 new works by the Athens, Ga.-based photographer. “At the airport, people from all over the world and from all walks of life can be found in the midst of their journeys,” Steinmetz says. “Though my main subject has been the passengers, I am also photographing the people who work at the airport, the interiors and exteriors of the planes, as well as the hotels, parking lots and neighborhoods that surround and support the airport.”
