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Wednesday, December 07, 2011

The Future Was Going To Be Glorious

This is kind of... colossal! I'm so in love with this photo. It's real! No film set, no fiction, just smashingly real. (via The Church of...)

The first Salon de locomotion aerienne, 1909, Grand Palais, Paris

The influence on the pieces below is obvious, isn't it? ;-)


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8 comments:

  1. Marcus CoghlanWednesday, December 07, 2011

    Amazing! Where did you uncover that?

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  2. Florian SatzingerWednesday, December 07, 2011

    Hi Marcus, over here: http://kateoplis.tumblr.com/post/13778472466/the-first-salon-de-locomotion-aerienne-1909

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  3. FreshmeatThursday, December 08, 2011

    Amazing. Would be a lovely poster!

    On Wikipedia the image is available in a bigger resolution. Check out!

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  4. Florian SatzingerThursday, December 08, 2011

    Cheers Freshmeet for the tip!

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  5. Kendra MeltonThursday, December 08, 2011

    You always find some of the most astounding reference. This image is wonderful!

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  6. Florian SatzingerThursday, December 08, 2011

    Cheers Kendra, i'm glad you like it!

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  7. GOGOPEDROFriday, December 09, 2011

    Fantastically inspirational stuff.. thanks for sharing..

    P

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  8. Florian SatzingerFriday, December 09, 2011

    Cheers for the feedback, you're welcome :)

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