Captain Elsdale, Balloon Photographer in Maritimes
Toronto. Jeff Ward was here in the city in August of 2017 (Canada’s 150th) and spoke at our monthly meeting. Since then Jeff has been in periodic communication with the PHSC.
Under Facebook in a series of articles called, “The Early Light Project“, Jeff is “Sharing information about photographers in (or from) Atlantic Canada in the first 100 years of photography (1839-1939)”. This included an article about balloon flight and the experiences of Captain Elsdale.
Jeff writes, “As you may know, I have been posting about photo history here in Atlantic Canada for the past year or so.
“In a post around Christmastime, I spoke about an experimenter named Elsdale and his work on balloon aerial photography.
“Here is a link to the post.“
Jeff wrote to me after seeing my post on Nadar and the balloon drawing of the French Photographer in full flight with endless numbers of photo studios beneath his saloon. Have a look at Jeff’s articles (if you don’t have a Facebook account, just join – no cost).
