Stan Maupin

ISS Transits the Moon

12 x 12 x 1", framed to 16 x 16 x 1"

Photographic Print

$225

This is a composite of 18 photographs taken in 1.5 seconds as the International Space Station transited the face of the Moon. The ISS is visible as it is reflected in the light of the Sun.

Artist's Statement:

I am a semi-professional photographer who was late in discovering that a tenacious drive to learn and a touch of creativity would lead to a career very different from my life-long work in business and politics. I spent most of my career as an entrepreneur creating and growing new businesses in industries as diverse as genetic microbiology and used auto parts, but I didn’t think of myself as creative until I re-discovered my interest in photography while working from home during COVID isolation. 

I enjoy competing and exhibiting photos in local and regional galleries. My biggest "win" came when my photo of the Milky Way taken on a South Carolina beach won third place in the 2022 Washington Post Travel Contest. 

I specialize in photographing landscapes, animals & people in places and situations where most people don't go. I am willing to roam deserted locations late at night to shoot the Milky Way and will sit for hours in the summer sun to catch the "prisms" created by the wings of a hummingbird backlit by the sun's rays   

My strategy for finding and photographing interesting subjects is simple...... "If it rains, look for a rainbow. If it's dark, look for the stars."