We're the April 14 of 1900... the World's Fair of the new century will open in few hours.

Yet, there's thousands of people, ready to enter, ready do visit, ready for this incredible journey in the most interesting and incredibles existing things on earth... claimed the genius of the human race, but also the peace.

In the same time, a fantastic guy, Mister Alberto-Santos Dumont, thanks to his hard work as pioneer of aerostation, start to be the privilegied witness of this moment, taking off on boards of his airship, in order to discover this event, in a different and resolutely modern way at this time...

The idea is born of a real passion for this great event of 1900, the World's Fair of Paris.

Of course, the action on this picture is totally fictive. Santos-Dumont never flew above this World's Fair. But this airship really existed in 1900, the "number 4" builded by Santos-Dumont, and it really flew. It was only the next year, in 1901 that his "number_6" made the famous flight around the Eiffel tower.

I've made much documentations researches about this airship to be near of the reality, even for the pilot, I was inspired by real photos of this pioneer.

The action is situated at the actual Paris Concorde Place, where was build this Monumental Gate, created by the architect Mr Binet, high of 40 meters, with a spectacular statue at the top, representing a modern woman, symbol of the City of Paris.

I've worked on much documentations of this time to add all the real details, trying to find much informations about shapes, details and colours.

All details added could near of the reality, it's a real reconstruction of this building, witness of this time, and immediately destruct after this event.

In foreground, we can see all this crowd already waiting the grand opening, along the river Seine, in the early morning... with this little fog of april...

For this still image, I want a style which fix this moment of the ancient time, a little bit as these 1900's colorized postcards, when the time stoped for us. As if this postcard rest the only memory of this incredible moment.

I hope you like, and if I have just one request, it's especially to know how you interprate this vision, what is your feeling front of this moment ?

With my actual project of World's Fairs reconstruction, this design and this mood comes to be really a part of me, my own feeling, and of course, I can't be really objective becaise it's now my universe.

While waiting, thanks for your interest...