Photographer and "burner" Alex Medina sent his drone up to provide a new perspective of this year's Burning Man festival, capturing views of Black Rock City and its temporary installations from overhead.
Based in Los Angeles, Medina has attended Burning Man ? which he describes as "a photographer's playground" ? for the past two years.
"One of the many reasons why I wanted to go was to capture all the amazing things it had to offer," he told Dezeen. "Once I got there, it exceeded all my expectations."
"The people, the art, and light is what makes Burning Man so special to me," Medina added.

He took his camera equipment on both trips, but this year, decided to capture the vast event and the structures created for it from above. Using a DJI Phantom 4 drone, he was able to shoot images of the twisting wooden Temple designed by architect Arthur Mamou-Mani from a vantage point unseen by attendees.
"The advantages drones bring when documenting Burning Man is the perspective," Medina said. "One may not realise how massive Burning Man is until seen from the sky."
The photos ? particularly one taken directly overhead ? show the pattern created by timber components used to build the structure, which was sent up in flames at the end of the festival.

Also burnt to the ground to mark the event's close was its namesake "man", which sat at the centre point of the radial urban plan ? an organisational tool th...