Photos: Nina Flohr Is Flying High
Whether working for her family’s aviation business, building an ecohotel off the coast of Africa, or surfing the Pacific, Nina Flohr epitomizes jetset cool.
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Flohr at home in London, beside Anne Collier’s Woman With a Camera (Postcard, The Chieftain’s Daughter), 2014.
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Relaxing at home.
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A VistaJet aircraft tail featuring a 2010 collaboration with L.A. street artist Retna. Courtesy of VistaJet.
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Inside a VistaJet Global 6000, with duck-down duvets, cashmere blankets, and custom mattresses. Courtesy of VistaJet.
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The jet production facility. Courtesy of VistaJet.
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An assemblage of objects on Flohr’s étagère.
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Flohr’s dining room, with an antique chair she reupholstered in pink velvet. Courtesy of Nina Flohr.
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Flohr’s home office.
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Flohr’s mother, Katharina Flohr, 2000. Courtesy of Valery Katsuba.
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At her Kisawa tourism and environmental project on Benguerra Island, in Mozambique, 2014. Courtesy of Nina Flohr.
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Flohr, in Provence, France, 1996. Courtesy of Nina Flohr.
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Benguerra Island, where she is developing her construction project. Courtesy of Nina Flohr.
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Her mantel, with a Ghanaian stick figure.
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A 1930s Art Deco cart in the entryway of Flohr’s apartment, with a vase she hand-carried from Italy.
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A favorite look from Chanel for fall. Courtesy of Getty Images.
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With her friend Noor Fares, Rio de Janeiro, 2014. Courtesy of Nina Flohr.
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Flohr surfing in California, 2014. Courtesy of Nina Flohr.
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A fall 2015 Giambattista Valli look. Courtesy of Getty Images.
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While visiting a friend on the Zambezi River in 2014, Flohr awoke to find an elephant tapping on her tent. Courtesy of Nina Flohr.
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A colorful street scene in Maputo, Mozambique’s capital. Courtesy of Nina Flohr.
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For the inauguration, Flohr was joined by kings and chiefs from local tribal communities. Courtesy of Nina Flohr.
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The inauguration of the Kisawa project on Benguerra Island, 2014. Courtesy of Nina Flohr.