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    • Nadar

    French photographer and balloonist (–)

    For other uses, see Nadar (disambiguation).

    Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (French pronunciation:[ɡaspaʁfelikstuʁnaʃɔ̃]; 5 April – 20 March [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 , 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

    Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (also known as Nadar)[3] was born in early April 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]

    Nadar started working as a cari