Photography Pioneer Nadar Went on a Mad Balloon Ride That Ended in Near-Catastrophe

He wanted to master aerial photography, he almost killed multiple people.

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Rotating Self-Portrait (1865) Félix Nadar

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Rotating Self-Portrait (1865) Félix Nadar

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Rotating Self-Portrait (1865) Félix Nadar

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Félix Nadar, pseudónimo de Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (Paris, 5 de Abril de 1820 – 21 de Março de 1910), fotógrafo, caricaturista e jornalista francês, pioneiro da fotografia aérea.

Auto-retrato, c.1860.

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Henriette-Rosine Bernard (22 ou 23 de Outubro de 1844 – 26 de Março de 1923), conhecida como SARAH BERNHARDT, actriz francesa, também escultora e pintora, fotografada, em 1864, por Félix Nadar.

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Felix NADAR, 1820-1910, famous photographer, in the gondola of his balloon, photograph. Nadar built his Géant in 1858 and launched it in 1863, the year Jules Verne published Five weeks in a balloon - Flashbak

Felix NADAR, 1820-1910, famous photographer, in the gondola of his balloon, photograph. Nadar built his Géant in 1858 and launched it in 1863, the year Jules Verne published Five weeks in a balloon

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