Paris vu en ballon et ses environs
Paris vu en ballon et ses environs is a 1909 photographic album published in Paris by Hachette, made by André Schelcher from balloon views of the city and its surroundings. Its plates are aerial photographs of Parisian districts, monuments and gardens, each with a short French caption naming the place and the vantage point. For a designer the pictures offer dense, grid-like urban patterns and oblique bird's-eye perspectives of boulevards, rooftops and formal gardens that suit map-like or texture-driven layouts.
