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Nadar

American

[nah-dahr, na-dar] / nɑˈdɑr, naˈdær /

noun

Gaspard-Félix Tournachon, 1820–1910, French journalist and pioneer of aerial photography.

Nadar British

/ nadar /

noun

real name Gaspard Félix Tournachon . 1820–1910, French photographer, writer, and caricaturist: noted for his portrait photographs of artists and writers and for taking the first aerial photographs (1858)

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A notable example is Kiran Nadar Museum of Art's new Delhi building, set to open in 2026, spanning 100,000 sq m and showcasing both visual and performance art.

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2025

I started this novel at Imperial Beach, where we couldn’t go into the water because of the sewage problem and the signs warning No Nadar!

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2025

Man Ray portrayed the artists and writers of Paris in the 1920s and ’30s as indelibly as Nadar did their 19th-century predecessors.

From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2023

It has become a prized possession for every member of the Shiv Nadar community.

From Scientific American • May 20, 2023

We occupied ourselves with Saint Felix, and Nadar and his wife.

From Up in the Clouds Balloon Voyages by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

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