26 | SignatureMT
Klehfoth first noticed the leers when he came
to Montana in 2011, and assumed that someone had
already taken the trouble to photograph them. Although
wikipedia mentions approximately 500 hillside leers
known to exist in the United States, and several websites
and a book are available on the topic, none are specific
to Montana.
"At first I naively considered a really big ladder to get
the view I wanted," he says, but soon realized the remote
controlled camera-equipped drone was his only option.
"It's important that the pictures share fundamental
characteristics, but expose deviations that make them
unique," he says. "I treat the pictures like portraits more
than landscapes."
Hundreds of painted tires grace Sheridan's
hillside S.
Governor Steve Bullock holds Klehfoth's gift displaying
MONTANA in his hillside letter photos.
Klehfoth would welcome information leading to
the identity of the materials used in the T in Terry,
which, despite careful scrutiny, remains a mystery.
This trout hillside sculpture was created next to a P
for Park County, (not pictured), in Livingston.
Featured here in a hillside selfie, Klehfoth uses remote controls
to fly his drone under the watchful eyes of one of his two ever-
vigilant dogs.
The Elliston E is one of only two E's in the state--
the other one is in Ennis.
