Considering Art Podcast – John Balsdon, photographing earth’s wonders from the air

John Balsdon photographs the extraordinary patterns and shapes of the world’s terrain as seen from the air. In this episode, he talks about the challenges and highlights of a recent 20,000 km expedition achieved in record time, his travels around the world in a previous career as a lawyer, the physicality required for aerial photography, his artistic influences, his self-imposed rules for his practice, examples of his work that illustrate the wonders of natural topography, and the technicalities involved in photographing them. John Balsdon talking with Bob Chaundy Accompanying images on consideringart.com Day 26, Angola from John’s Cape to Cape challenge Screenshot " data-large-file="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/botswana-fish.jpg?w=736" src="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/botswana-fish.jpg?w=800" alt="" class="wp-image-12218" srcset="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/botswana-fish.jpg 800w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/botswana-fish.jpg?w=150 150w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/botswana-fish.jpg?w=300 300w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/botswana-fish.jpg?w=768 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /> Botswana Fish <img loading="lazy" width="800" height="604" data-attachment-id="12223" data-permalink="https://consideringart.com/2026/05/25/considering-art-podcast-john-balsdon-photographing-earths-wonders-from-the-air/tree-of-life-3/" data-orig-file="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/tree-of-life.jpg" data-orig-size="800,604" data-comm