Nadar

Born

April 5, 1820

Died

March 20, 1910 (aged 89)

Known as

photographer, balloonist, cartoonist, caricaturist, writer, journalist

Gaspard-Félix Tournachon, 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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