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Nadar
French photographer and balloonist (1820–1910)
For other uses, see Nadar (disambiguation).
Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (French:[ɡaspaʁfelikstuʁnaʃɔ̃]; 5 April 1820 – 20 March 1910[1]), known by the pseudonym Nadar ([nadaʁ]) or Félix Nadar, was a French photographer, caricaturist, journalist, novelist, balloonist, and proponent of heavier-than-air flight. In 1858, he became the first person to take aerial photographs.[2]
Photographic portraits by Nadar are held by many of the great national collections of photographs. His son, Paul Nadar, continued the studio after his death.
Life
[edit]Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (also known as Nadar)[3] was born in early April 1820 in Paris,[4] though some sources state he was born in Lyon. His father, Victor Tournachon, was a printer and bookseller. Nadar began to study medicine but quit for economic reasons after his father's death.[5][4]
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The Nadars, a photographic legend
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It’s Joséphine Baker, portrayed bygd Paul Nadar, around 1930
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It was Josephine Baker, portrayed bygd Paul Nadar, around 1930
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It's Alexandre Dumas, portrayed bygd Félix Nadar, around 1855
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It was Alexandre Dumas, portrayed bygd Félix Nadar, around 1855
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It's Sarah Bernhardt, wrapped in a vit scarf, portrayed by Félix Nadar around 1864
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It was Sarah Bernhardt, wrapped in a white scarf, portrayed bygd Félix Nadar around 1864
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It's George småsten, portrayed bygd Félix Nadar, around 1864
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It was George småsten portrayed bygd Félix Nadar, around 1864
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It's Charles Baudelaire, portrayed bygd Félix Nadar, around 1862
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It was Charles Baudelaire portrayed bygd Félix Nadar, around 1862
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It's Gustave Doré, portrayed bygd Adrien Tournachon around 1854-1855
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It was Gustave Doré, portrayed bygd Adrien Tournachon, around 1854-1855
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Summary of Nadar
Nadar was a flamboyant personality and a man of infatigable spirit. A writer, caricaturist, inventor and adventurer, yet still best known perhaps as a celebrity portrait photographer, he placed himself at the very epicenter of nineteenth century French modernism. In addition to his satirical caricatures, Nadar produced (and sold) informal "inner-life" portraits of the new literati from his landmark studio-cum-gallery, a site from which, the Impressionist also launched their inaugural public exhibition. Restricted by the studio, Nadar took to the under and above ground to expand his photographic repertoire, patenting aerial photographs for mapmaking and surveying, and taking his handmade electric light underground to illuminate his unique photographs of the famous Paris catacombs. Though his entrepreneurial spirit led to several setbacks, Nadar nonetheless set commercial (in addition to aesthetic) precedents for the reproduction and hawking of his superior celebrity