Nadar was born in April 1820 in Paris (though some sources state Lyon). 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 take aerial photographs. He also pioneered the use of artificial lighting in photography, working in the catacombs of Paris.
I find Nadar's portraits very ostentatious and fill me with a desire to paint his photographs. The lighting and mood of each portrait is enough to present each sitters inner personality.
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