A lightning strikes St Peter's dome at the Vatican on February 11, 2013. Pope Benedict XVI announced today he will resign as leader of the world's 1.1 billion Catholics on February 28 because his age prevented him from carrying out his duties – an unprecedented move in the modern history of the Catholic Church. (Photo by Filippo Monteforte/AFP Photo)

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Mongolian Foreign Minister Lundeg Purevsuren watch an archer during a Naadam ceremony, a competition which traditionally includes horse racing, Mongolian wrestling and archery, in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, June 5, 2016. (Photo by Saul Loeb/Reuters)

John Malkovich as Marilyn Monroe in a re-creation of Andy Warhol's 1962 painting. The image is a part of the series, “The Malkovich Sessions”, by photographer Sandro Miller and on display at the Catherine Edelman Gallery in Chicago. Miller wanted to pay homage to the artists who influence his photographic career, and approached Malkovich with the idea of re-creating the famous portraits. (Photo by Sandro Miller/Catherine Edelman Gallery)

Cameras seem weightless, flying through the air in Paul Octavious’ Birds Of Aperture series.

Activists protest against the upcoming visit of Pope Benedict XVI on the eve of his arrival on September 21,2011 in Berlin, Germany. A variety of groups, including the poltically left-wing as well as gay and lesbian rights advocates, partook in the demonstration. The Pope is scheduled to visit Germany from September 22–25. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

A faithful prays during the Divine Liturgy by Pope Francis at the apostolic Cathedral in Etchmiadzin, Armenia, June 26, 2016. (Photo by David Mdzinarishvili/Reuters)

John Crawford was always fascinated of a birds eye view, looking straight down in a vertical perspective. In his series ‘Aerial Nudes’ he is photographing single naked bodies from a high elevation. Perfectly timed photographs show a distant nude body laying down in a series of interesting locations. On each selected shoot day Crawford would deliver his model Carina to the location in the helicopter, positioning her in the carefully arranged set-up, then flying to 600 feet and capturing the image, which would take no more than ten minutes.