The tagline on Jason Hawkes website reads simply “aerial photography.” That’s true, I suppose, but it hardly seems to describe why you should pay him any attention. Hawkes shoots landscapes touched by humankind and clearly inspired by some other greats: You see Edward Burtynsky in his shots of Hong Kong apartment blocks and an English landfill, Vincent Laforet in his urban ariels and David Maisel in some of his more abstract shots. A nice cross-section of Hawkes’ photos is featured in this recent set from The Big Picture.