Nadar

:For the Tamil caste, see Nadar caste.

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Nadar was the pseudonym of Gaspard-F?lix Tournachon (April 6 1820 ? March 21 1910), a photographer, caricaturist, journalist, novelist and balloonist.

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Nadar was a caricaturist for Le Charivari in 1848.

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In 1849 he created the Revue comique and the Petit journal pour rire. He took his first photographs in 1853 and in 1858 became the first person to make aerial photographs.

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By 1863, Nadar built a huge (6000 m3) hot air balloon named "Le G?ant", thereby inspiring Jules Verne's Cinq semaines en ballon (Five Weeks in a Balloon). "Le G?ant" was unsuccessful and, convinced him that the future belonged to heavier-than-air machines. "The Society for the Encouragement of Aerial Locomotion by Means of Heavier than Air Machines," with Nadar as president and Jules Verne as secretary.

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He lent his photo studio to a group of painters, thus making possible the first exhibition of the Impressionists in April, 1874.

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He photographed Victor Hugo on his death-bed in 1885.

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He is credited with having published (in 1886) the first photo-interview (of famous chemist Michel Eug?ne Chevreul, then centenary), and also took erotic photographs.

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On his passing in 1910, Nadar was interred in Le P?re Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.

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The character of "Michel Ardan" in De la Terre ? la Lune is inspired by Nadar.

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Tamil: Tamil may refer to:...

Caste: A caste system is a rigid system of social stratification, which divides members of a society into different castes. Castes are separated socially, economically and physically to varying degrees. Intermarriage between castes is limited, occupations may be assigned to particular castes, and lower cas...

Nadar caste: Nadar is one of the South Indian Tamil caste and the term also used to refer to the man belong to that caste.The caste also refered as 'chanas'....

Nadar related Images and Photos (experimental)

Nadar Pantheon 1854 Paris