Comments on: Félix Nadar, “Interior of Le Géant Inflating” (1863) http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/03/felix-nadar-interior-of-le-geant-inflating-1863.html a site about everything Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:27:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Photographer & Aeronaut Félix Nadar « The Errant Æsthete http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/03/felix-nadar-interior-of-le-geant-inflating-1863.html/comment-page-1#comment-25107 Photographer & Aeronaut Félix Nadar « The Errant Æsthete Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:49:41 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/03/felix-nadar-interior-of-le-geant-inflating-1863.html#comment-25107 [...] 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] [...] [...] 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] [...]

]]> By: Amy Mabli http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/03/felix-nadar-interior-of-le-geant-inflating-1863.html/comment-page-1#comment-23812 Amy Mabli Mon, 03 Mar 2008 03:37:34 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/03/felix-nadar-interior-of-le-geant-inflating-1863.html#comment-23812 lovely photograph. lovely photograph.

]]> By: Sheila Ryan http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/03/felix-nadar-interior-of-le-geant-inflating-1863.html/comment-page-1#comment-23601 Sheila Ryan Sun, 02 Mar 2008 19:29:18 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/03/felix-nadar-interior-of-le-geant-inflating-1863.html#comment-23601 The bonds among mammals (humans . . . dolphins <em>et cetera</em>) are powerful indeed. The bonds among mammals (humans . . . dolphins et cetera) are powerful indeed.

]]> By: Alek Lindus http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/03/felix-nadar-interior-of-le-geant-inflating-1863.html/comment-page-1#comment-23582 Alek Lindus Sun, 02 Mar 2008 17:57:11 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/03/felix-nadar-interior-of-le-geant-inflating-1863.html#comment-23582 well then there's the dolphins who drive fish into nets for a portion of the catch... wrote a story about that once well then there’s the dolphins who drive fish into nets for a portion of the catch… wrote a story about that once

]]> By: Sheila Ryan http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/03/felix-nadar-interior-of-le-geant-inflating-1863.html/comment-page-1#comment-23572 Sheila Ryan Sun, 02 Mar 2008 16:53:55 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/03/felix-nadar-interior-of-le-geant-inflating-1863.html#comment-23572 Right at the vanishing point is a fish messiah who has promised the fishes a watery paradise, and they are all wriggling their way toward that promise. Either that, or toward a false fish messiah who casts an enormous net. (Inspired by Alek to envision fishes, I think I may have ripped this off -- partially -- from the chapter treating of Grandpa and the literate herring in Ivor Cutler's <em>Life in a Scotch Sitting Room</em>.) Right at the vanishing point is a fish messiah who has promised the fishes a watery paradise, and they are all wriggling their way toward that promise.

Either that, or toward a false fish messiah who casts an enormous net.

(Inspired by Alek to envision fishes, I think I may have ripped this off — partially — from the chapter treating of Grandpa and the literate herring in Ivor Cutler’s Life in a Scotch Sitting Room.)

]]> By: Derek White http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/03/felix-nadar-interior-of-le-geant-inflating-1863.html/comment-page-1#comment-23566 Derek White Sun, 02 Mar 2008 14:05:39 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/03/felix-nadar-interior-of-le-geant-inflating-1863.html#comment-23566 beautiful. beautiful.

]]> By: haggis basher http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/03/felix-nadar-interior-of-le-geant-inflating-1863.html/comment-page-1#comment-23551 haggis basher Sun, 02 Mar 2008 10:43:55 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/03/felix-nadar-interior-of-le-geant-inflating-1863.html#comment-23551 I wondered what the Hell this was until I realized the link with hot air ballons. I love the misterious quality's of old prints. I'd love to be able to recreate them (without all the hassle of using wet plates). I wondered what the Hell this was until I realized the link with hot air ballons. I love the misterious quality’s of old prints. I’d love to be able to recreate them (without all the hassle of using wet plates).

]]> By: Alek Lindus http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/03/felix-nadar-interior-of-le-geant-inflating-1863.html/comment-page-1#comment-23521 Alek Lindus Sun, 02 Mar 2008 08:22:37 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/03/felix-nadar-interior-of-le-geant-inflating-1863.html#comment-23521 great Sheila, thanks, on first glance that bottom texture looked like a swarming school of fishes swimming in to a net... or the future great Sheila, thanks, on first glance that bottom texture looked like a swarming school of fishes swimming in to a net… or the future

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