Nadar
Sign in to saveGaspard-Félix Tournachon (; 5 April 1820 – 20 March 1910), known by the pseudonym Nadar () or 'Félix Nadar,''''' was a French photographer, caricaturist, journalist, novelist and balloonist who was a proponent of heavier-than-air flight. In 1858, he became the first person to take aerial photographs. 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.
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Nadar was a French photographer, caricaturist, and journalist who in 1858 became the first person to take aerial photographs, accomplishing this feat from a balloon. His portrait photography work is now held in major national photograph collections, and he remains a significant figure in the history of both photography and early aviation.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1820
- Died
- 1910
- Works
- 65
Top works
- Affaire Marie Colombier-Sarah Bernhardt
- Nadar
- Mes fils
- The giant balloon
- Aventures de m. Barnichon l'aéronaute ...
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- 197
- Total plays
- 700
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Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (; 5 April 1820 – 20 March 1910), known by the pseudonym Nadar () or 'Félix Nadar,''''' was a French photographer, caricaturist, journalist, novelist and balloonist who was a proponent of heavier-than-air flight. In 1858, he became the first person to take aerial photographs. 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== Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (also known as Nadar) was born in early April 1820 in Paris, 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.