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This Daredevil Aerial Photographer From the 1920s Was Also a Photoshop Pioneer

Matt Growcoot
2025-11-25 2 min read
This Daredevil Aerial Photographer From the 1920s Was Also a Photoshop Pioneer
This Daredevil Aerial Photographer From the 1920s Was Also a Photoshop Pioneer

<p class="feature-image"><a href="https://petapixel.com/2025/11/25/this-daredevil-aerial-photographer-from-the-1920s-was-also-a-photoshop-pioneer/"><img alt="A black and white image split in two: on t...

A black and white image split in two: on the left, the Christ the Redeemer statue atop Corcovado Mountain in Rio de Janeiro; on the right, a vintage airplane flies above a historic city with a large castle.

Alfred Buckham was an aerial photographer who took to the skies at a time when pilots' lives were measured in weeks, not years. But he was also a master manipulator in the darkroom and paved the way for Adobe Photoshop and today's AI photo apps.

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Published on 2025-11-25 18:19