Vintage Cars Appear to Float in French Artist's Photography

"MotoArigato" (MotoArigato) 11/25/2013 at 17:42 • Filed to: None

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Renaud Marion has an eye for beautiful machines and a great mind for fantasy. He is the photographer behind the imaginative series "Air Drive" which playfully depicts fine vintage automobiles reworked into retro-futuristic vehicles by setting them aloft on an imaginary cushion of air (with a little help from Photoshop). We especially appreciate his love of vintage Mercedes.

While these works remind us of the also non-existant Jetsons car, and even more so Luke Skywalker's Landspeeder, it doesn't take much of our imagination to know we would love to sneak one of these through the Florida Everglades, airboat style, while making our own shortcut to Disney World given the chance.

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BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion > MotoArigato 11/25/2013 at 17:43

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What, no 57 vette? It would look sweet in that setup.

For Sweden > MotoArigato 11/25/2013 at 17:49

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No Citroen; post is invalid.

CAR_IS_MI > MotoArigato 11/25/2013 at 17:52

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This is photoshoped, I can tell.

wbizarre - OEM fetishist > CAR_IS_MI 11/25/2013 at 19:36

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From the pixels. And from having seen quite a few shops in my time.

wbizarre - OEM fetishist > For Sweden 11/25/2013 at 19:37

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Seriously, this guy calls himself French?

CAR_IS_MI > wbizarre - OEM fetishist 11/25/2013 at 19:39

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Usually yes, but this time because the artists admission of photoshop use; "by setting them aloft on an imaginary cushion of air (with a little help from Photoshop)"

wbizarre - OEM fetishist > MotoArigato 11/25/2013 at 21:00

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Very cool, but I think it would have added to the realism of the series if the cars were propped up on kickstands. Assuming there's some anti-gravity technology going on, it would be an enormous waste of energy to keep the cars suspended while they're parked. A nice kickstand would be a subtle realism move on his part - "Hey, I can hover and have no wheels, but I got a kickstand for when I'm posted up."

MotoArigato > wbizarre - OEM fetishist 11/27/2013 at 12:47

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So it would be propped up on an angle? I would think they would just settle down to the ground when shut down, but hey, this is a creative exercise after all so why not, kickstands all around!

wbizarre - OEM fetishist > MotoArigato 11/27/2013 at 14:41

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maybe not on an angle, but on 4 slim legs, splayed out and sitting pretty. I don't imagine you'd want your 300SL just laying on the ground, right?

HammerheadFistpunch > MotoArigato 11/27/2013 at 16:51

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HA! I don't think so.