Apart from being a photographer, Nadar was as journalist, caricaturist, and writer. His caricatures appeared in the 1840ís in leading periodicals including, Charivari , and culminated in Le Pantheon Nadar (1854), a collection of satirical representations of contemporary figures. Like Manet, Nadar placed great emphasis on the importance of the inner psychology of his subjects. His subjects are usually photographed from a three-quarters angle against a plain dark background, under the diffused light from the glass roof door of his studio. Nadar wrote novels and essays including his autobiography, My Life as a Photographer in 1899.
A caricature of Nadar that appeared in Le Boulevard in 1862. The caption reads: "Elevating photography to the condition of art"
From The Best of Popular Photography 1951, H.M. Kinzer writes on Nadar: “he succeeded in photographing the Arc de Triomphe for the first time as the birds saw it.” it themselves.
The flying darkroom Some technical details: “A big orange-and-black tent, impermeable to light, was suspended from the rigging above, and a smoky safelight was mounted inside. ‘It was warm inside,’ recalled Nadar, ‘but our collodion plates didn’t mind, submerged in their cool baths." None of Nadar’s hard-won aerial photographs seem to have survived in the intervening years.
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Above) Félix Nadar (Gaspard-Félix Tournachon), by way of contrast, was quite successful indeed at caricature and photography. He took the first aerial photographs, and his exploits were sufficiently popular that he had to invent crowd-control barriers. 1897. Call number: LOT 13400, no. 97.
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A caricature of Nadar that appeared in Le Boulevard in 1862. The caption reads: "Elevating photography to the condition of art"
From The Best of Popular Photography 1951, H.M. Kinzer writes on Nadar: “he succeeded in photographing the Arc de Triomphe for the first time as the birds saw it.” it themselves.
The flying darkroom Some technical details: “A big orange-and-black tent, impermeable to light, was suspended from the rigging above, and a smoky safelight was mounted inside. ‘It was warm inside,’ recalled Nadar, ‘but our collodion plates didn’t mind, submerged in their cool baths." None of Nadar’s hard-won aerial photographs seem to have survived in the intervening years.
http://meggangould.net/blog/?p=41
Above) Félix Nadar (Gaspard-Félix Tournachon), by way of contrast, was quite successful indeed at caricature and photography. He took the first aerial photographs, and his exploits were sufficiently popular that he had to invent crowd-control barriers. 1897. Call number: LOT 13400, no. 97. http://actuphoto.com/photographes/profil/felix-nadar-1975.html
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