Photographer & Aeronaut Félix Nadar
Félix Nadar, “Interior of Le Géant Inflating” (1863)
A glancing acquaintance with the work of nineteenth-century photographer and aeronaut Félix Nadar encompasses his ‘celebrity’ portraits: those of Charles Baudelaire, George Sand, Sarah Bernhardt et al. Closer fellowship might include his aerial photographs and images of hot-air balloons, including his own Géant. Intimacy might admit this phenomenal glimpse from within of Le Géant. (Source: Art Institute of Chicago.) [via Link]
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