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PUBLICATION SPONSORED BY ATCA 5 EDI JFK AUH AFW ART OF THE AIRPORT TOWER COMES TO IFATCA 55 NATCA is proud to bring the Art of the Airport Tower exhibition to the IFATCA Annual Conference! Art of the Airport Tower is a stunning photography exhibition by Smithsonian photographer and museum specialist Carolyn Russo that is dedicated exclusively to air traffic control towers in the United States and around the world. The Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum unveiled the exhibition on Nov. 11, 2015, in Washington, D.C. It will remain on display there until December 2016, after which it will become a traveling exhibition featured at Smithsonian affiliates throughout the United States until January 2019. Russo traveled to 22 countries to explore and photograph over 85 contemporary and historical towers. Her striking photographs bring heightened awareness to the simple beauty of the towers, the technological changes and a call for their preservation. Often, the first impression travelers have when they reach a new destination is the tower, and each tower tells a unique and important story about its airport, community, and culture. The 50 towers featured in the exhibition, and the 85 featured in the exhibition's companion book, show how these towers play a pivotal role in the vast network of air traffic control technology that brings people of the world closer together. NATCA is proud to support this exhibition, which highlights some of the U.S. facilities in which NATCA's members perform the profession that is near and dear to their hearts. We are also proud this week to showcase many of Russo's photos of towers around the world in which our colleagues from IFATCA work. The version of the Art of the Airport Tower for IFATCA Annual Conference attendees this week features several wonderful images from Russo's international collection, as well as the introduction, foreword, and preface from the exhibition's companion book. The book features 100 photographs of 85 historic and contemporary towers in 23 countries. Fort Worth Alliance Airport Texas, United States Abu Dhabi International Airport Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates John F. Kennedy Int'l Airport New York, United States Edinburgh Airport, Scotland, United Kingdom Visit the exhibition starting Wednesday, March 16 at 5 p.m., through Friday, March 18 at 2 p.m. It will be located at exhibit hall booths 302 and 303.