lynnb
Veteran
I've just finished reading Roger Cicala's entertaining short biography of Gaspard-Félix Tournachon, better known as Nadar. Nadar was the society portraitist of Paris in the 1800s; his portraits of actress Sarah Bernhardt and futurist Jules Verne show a new and refreshing awareness of photographic lighting techniques.
Nadar introduced many firsts in photography: electric studio lighting, aerial photography, and the use of microfilm to deliver mail to a besieged Paris under the nose (above the noses?) of the Prussian army. His studio hosted the first exhibition by the Anonymous Society of Painters, Sculptors, Engravers, etc. - who were sneeringly labeled 'Impressionists' by the art establishment.
If you can spare 10 minutes, it's a fascinating story.
Nadar introduced many firsts in photography: electric studio lighting, aerial photography, and the use of microfilm to deliver mail to a besieged Paris under the nose (above the noses?) of the Prussian army. His studio hosted the first exhibition by the Anonymous Society of Painters, Sculptors, Engravers, etc. - who were sneeringly labeled 'Impressionists' by the art establishment.
If you can spare 10 minutes, it's a fascinating story.
