Nadar - Wikipedia Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (French: [ɡaspaʁ feliks tuʁnaʃɔ̃]; 5 April 1820 – 20 March 1910), [1] known by the pseudonym Nadar (French: [nadaʁ]) or Félix Nadar, was a French photographer, caricaturist, journalist, novelist and balloonist who was a proponent of heavier-than-air flight
Photographs of the Famous by Felix Nadar - The Public Domain Review He took his first photographs in 1853 and pioneered the use of artificial lighting in photography, working in the catacombs of Paris Around 1863, Nadar built a huge (6000 m³) balloon named Le Géant ("The Giant"), thereby inspiring Jules Verne's Five Weeks in a Balloon
Nadar Paintings, Bio, Ideas | TheArtStory 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
Felix Nadar - 261 artworks - photography - WikiArt. org Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (6 April 1820 – 20 March 1910), known by the pseudonym 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
Nadar (1820–1910) - The Metropolitan Museum of Art Ringmaster, publicist, and performer in a highly theatrical life, the legendary Nadar wore many hats—those of journalist, bohemian, left-wing agitator, playwright, caricaturist, and aeronaut
Gallery of Photographs by or About Nadar Some photos of Nadar's aerial photos, ballooning, and various inventions, from lighting to cameras, and how Nadar used them in documentary photography
Nadar and the Birth of Aerial Photography - Blog Historic Aerials Nadar brought photography and ballooning together from an already prominent position in Parisian cultural life Born in Paris in 1820, he was a man of “restless intellect”—successively a medical student, a radical journalist, and a celebrated caricaturist—before he ever touched a camera
Nadar – Photos and Artwork - Masters of Photography Nadar was a 19th-century French photographer, journalist, caricaturist, and inventor He is best known for his masterful photographic portraits, which are still considered some of the best of the time