Comments on: The History of Aerial Photography.

By: John Brown

John Brown — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:51:04 +0000

I have seen small model rockets that take 1 – 2 pictures sold at “Hobby Lobby”. I think its worth a try, because this kind of photography is cool. search the web and you can find satelite pictures of your neighborhood.

By: moranne

moranne — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:16:38 +0000

I love the book Swissair Posters by Georg Gerster. I would also love one of the posters, but I can only find them for about $300.

By: pica

pica — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:51:28 +0000

Early aerial photography (well, in the first half of the 20th century) also had great ramifications for archaeology. Aerial photographers noticed features in fields that led to the discovery of ancient sites. Google Earth now facilitates the discovery of new sites by “armchair archaeologists.”

By: Jason!

Jason! — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:26:30 +0000

If you can get ahold of volume 1 of Make magazine, they have an awesome set of instructions on how to make a kite cam using popcicle sticks, silly putty, string, bits of hardware, and a disposible camera.

By: Miss Cellania

Miss Cellania — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:06:27 +0000

Thanks, Pete! Corrected. I had changed that from 1858 to 1868 and back again a few times, checking my sources, and still managed to screw it up… need new bifocals.

By: Pete

Pete — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:56:09 +0000

Possible typo: “The first aerial photograph was taken in 1958 by Felix Tournachon, known as Nadar, from a tethered balloon over the Bievre Valley in France.”

Should that be 1858?

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:56:43 +0000

When I was in High School I had the pleasure of working at the Wichita Public Library sorting historical photos. One of the photographers had a special love of aerial photography. The link is to the online archive that eventually was developed from that collection and others of historic Wichita.