Nadar was the pseudonym of Gaspard-Feliix Tournachon (April 6, 1820 ?March 21, 1910), a French photographer, caricaturist, journalist, novelist and balloonist.
He was a caricaturist for Le Charivari in 1848. 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.
Around 1863, Nadar built a huge (6000 m3) hot air balloon named "The Giant"
In April 1874, he lent his photo studio to a group of painters, thus making the first exhibition of the Impressionists possible. 1874. He photographed Victor Hugo on his death-bed in 1885. He is credited with having published (in 1886) the first photo-interview (of famous chemist Michel Euge Chevreul, then a centenary), and also took erotic photographs.
During his last years he continued to think of himself as "a daredevil, always on the lookout for currents to swim against."
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