Michael Krondl describes “Looking Up,” as "a series of photographically-derived images" that create a movie for the subway rider as they leave the leafy residential neighborhoods and reach Coney Island, seen in the distance. Krondl selected his images for their properties and how they reflect and refract light. His sources include the nearby foliage and the sky, which is a big part of the experience of riding the elevated train in Brooklyn, and Coney Island's famous Cyclone roller coaster. "The transition from image to image mimics a camera panning from the nearby trees to the sky above and finally to the Cyclone in the distance. For the F train passenger, the experience is almost cinematic. The foliage, the clouds, and the roller coaster all play with transparency; light-colored sky outlines the trestlework on the Cyclone, peeks out between the leaves, and envelops the bright white clouds."

Michael Krondl was born in Prague later relocated to New York City where he earned his BFA from Cooper Union. An artist, photographer, author, and food historian, Krondl uses photography to create monumental installations that challenge viewer’s perspective of their surroundings. His photographs of natural elements balance tremendous detail with unnatural scale. Krondl’s installations seek to replace the more common photographic process of peering through a lens with a more immediate, physical experience – breaking through the wall to place the viewer inside the image. His photographs and installations have been exhibited internationally in North America and Europe.