Museum Exhibit: Above and On the Ground

Photographer Neal Rantoul witnessed the sudden spike in building development on the Island in the 1980s and 1990s, and sought to document the Island’s beauty during this time of rapid change. The resulting photographs, done in collaboration with the Vineyard Open Land Foundation (VOLF), were recently donated to the Martha’s Vineyard Museum. Since then, Mr. Rantoul has continued to capture the Island’s landscape from above. This exhibition features recent large scale photographs taken by Mr. Rantoul from a single-engine Cessna that, paired with his original series, tell a story of change while celebrating the Island’s remaining wild and beautiful places.