Authors: Ben Ruhe
Date Submitted: May 31, 2007
Article Type: Journal

The Aerial Eye, an international journal for kite aerial photographers, published by the American Kitefliers Association l994-99. Useful science and art. All 18 issues, including invaluable index, are available on compact disk for $30 postpaid anywhere in the world. Contact Brooks Leffler at Post Office Box 34, Pacific Grove, CA 93050. “Under the editorship of Leffler, this magazine was so good,” comments expert Peter Bults, “it appears to have drained the worldwide KAP user community of ideas in its day and run out of material.”

Newhall, Beaumont. Airborne Camera: The World From the Air and Outer Space. New York l969. Remarkable photos and prints, sensitive and authoritative text by the former curator of photography at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Not exclusively about kite aerial photography.

Autha, Danielle and Negre, Serge et al. Labruguiere: Birthplace of Kite Aerophotography. Aveyron, France 1988. A tribute to Arthut Batut, 1846-1918. Unique early KAP photos, 54 of them aerial shots by Batut himself and friends, half showing Labruguiere where Batut lived and worked. Batut’s equipment is nicely documented. Text in both French and English.

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