Cincinnati’s daredevil photographer who spawned nationwide manhunt opens gallery in NYC

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Cincinnati’s daredevil photographer who spawned nationwide manhunt opens gallery in NYC

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in Cincinnati after taking pictures from some of the highest skyscrapers in the city is showing his work in New York this month.

Colerain Township native and Army veteran Isaac Wright,

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has an exhibition at the Robert Mann Gallery opening May 15.

Shortly after leaving the military, Wright began making a name for himself by scaling some of the highest structures in the country to create his vertigo-inducing imagery.

But after he made photos from the top of Great American Tower at Queen City Square without permission, he became the subject of a nationwide manhunt.

It was a sheriff’s department in Arizona that arrested him.

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. But it’s not even clear if they knew why he was wanted.

An Isaac Wright image of the Ambassador Bridge between Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Canada.

Back in Cincinnati, prosecutors said “stealth and deception” were Wright’s trademarks as

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Nearly a year after his arrest, Wright was

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. But during that time, Wright went from an artist with a decent

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following to one of the top-selling photographers in the world.

He took some of the profits from those sales and donated

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for non-violent offenders who cannot afford it.

During another trip home, he was

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His new show, “Coming Home,” opens May 15 at the Robert Mann Gallery in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City. The show includes the first-ever public display of his photograph taken from the spire of the Empire State Building, along with images from around the country and the world.

“For me, climbing isn’t about adrenaline, it’s clarity,” Wright said. “Above the noise, you feel invisible and infinite. I’ve been hunted, locked up, written off, but my art gave me a way forward. This show is my first time putting that journey on a wall.”

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Isaac Wright began making a name for himself by scaling some of the highest structures in the country to create vertigo-inducing imagery.

The Robert Mann Gallery has expanded its space to accommodate the show. According to a press release, this exhibition is “more than a gallery debut, it’s the culmination of a life reclaimed, a city reimagined, and a lens fixed firmly on the impossible.”

The show’s opening reception is May 15 from 6-8 p.m. “Coming Home” will be on display in Chelsea until June 30.

This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer:

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