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The idea arose by a campfire under Africa’s vast, starry skies, as Stefan Breuer pondered into the night. What would it be like, wondered the Frankfurt businessman, to fly with his helicopter from Europe to South Africa? To see Africa with the eyes of an eagle? To experience the land from the sky—as close as possible—and only as high as necessary?

As fate would have it, he came across Hamburg photographer Michael Poliza, another man who lives on the edge and shatters boundaries, someone who thinks big and doesn’t shirk adventures. Africa from a chopper, that was something Poliza still hadn’t done. So, he accepted when Breuer broached his idea. This was an opportunity to seek totally different types of pictures, from 100, 1000, 2000 feet above. Some geometrical structures are only discernable from the air. From below, one can’t tell how trees, grasses and bushes form images. In his first illustrated book on Africa, Poliza had explored the interplay of near and far. With telephoto lenses, he had looked lions in the mouth and leopards in the eye. Intimate close-ups were interspersed with grandiose landscapes. “It might change the way you think about photography,” wrote the New York Times about Poliza’s unique vision.

Now he was looking at things from a new perspective: most of the pictures in this book are taken from directly above. Poliza’s artistry consisted of sorting through Africa’s sheer inexhaustible diversity. He literally brought the viewers with him on the journey, and gave them enough scope to form their own impressions.

Michael Poliza has used this chance to change our perspective on Africa. He showcases a continent that revels in its own abundance, rich in colors, extravagant in its beauty, limitless in its variety. You can’t gaze at these pictures without experiencing an intense longing.

- adapted from Uli Hauser’s introduction to ‘Eyes over Africa’