The great Nadar
Subtitle: the man behind the camera
By: Adam Begley
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Tim Duggan Books
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9781101902608
Subjects: Photographers; Biography
Description: A portrait of the fabled Parisian photographer, adventurer, and pioneer discusses his bohemian youth, larger-than-life studio, pioneering exploits as a balloonist, and photography sessions with such famed subjects as Victor Hugo, Gustave Courbet, and Alexandre Dumas. --Publisher.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Nadar aloft; title: Félix; title: LaVie de bohème; title: The writing life; title: "All is lost! Nadar has learned to draw!"; title: On Rue Saint-Nadar; title: Nadar vs. Nadar Jeune; title: On the boulevard; title: High and low; title: Siege balloons; title: A long good-bye; title: Après Nadar.