In-Town Gallery will feature the work of new member Ron Lowery at its First Friday reception on April 6 from 5 to 8 p.m. in the gallery, 26-A Frazier Ave.
The exhibit will display aerial photography as well as Lowery’s two coffee-table books, “Chasing Lewis & Clark Across America: A 21st Century Aviation Adventure” and “Tennessee River: Sparkling Gem of the South.”
Lowery and his son built an open-cockpit plane from which he explores geography with his camera. He says nothing excites him more than discovering and photographing unusual scenes and textures from above. He has flown over 34 states to satisfy his passion for exploration and art.
Born in Washington, D.C., and growing up in northern Virginia, he became interested in photography at age 16. What started off as a hobby rapidly turned into a passion and then a profession.
In 1978, he opened a commercial studio in Chattanooga to serve clients in advertising and photo editing with subject matter such as architecture, aerial, underwater, fashion, food and other products.