Eduard Spelterini : Photographs of a Pioneer Balloonist by Alex Capus
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Author: Alex Capus
Number of Pages: 160 pages
Published Date: 01 Jan 2008
Publisher: Scheidegger und Spiess AG, Verlag
Publication Country: Zurich, Switzerland
Language: English
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9783858811882
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Known as the King of the Air, the Swiss balloonist Eduard Spelterini (1852 1931) enchanted the imaginations of European royalty, military generals, wealthy patrons, and the public alike with his mastery of the most whimsical mode of travel ever invented the gas balloon. During the course of his storied aviation career, Spelterini flew his balloons over the Swiss Alps, across the Egyptian pyramids, and past the ziggurats of the Middle East, taking breathtaking photographs of landscapes and cities from the sky.On Spelterini s first ballooning ventures, he ferried aristocrats between Vienna, Bucharest, Athens, and other European capitals, on flights that became so famous that they were soon jam-packed with an international press corps looking for the next sensational story. Later in his life, Spelterini was the first aeronaut to succeed in the hazardous passage over the Swiss Alps, a trip then thought impossible. Eventually, he decided to bring his camera on every voyage in order to document the full panorama of international vistas he encountered."Eduard Spelterini Photographs of A Pioneer Balloonist" is the first book after 80 years to present these images of his journeys, reproduced directly from the artist s original glass negatives. Contextualized by essays that explore both Spelterini s life and his photographic work, the photographs featured in this volume capture the heady mix of danger and discovery that defined the early years of international air travel when balloons ruled the skies."
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