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

In one, photography pioneer Félix Nadar pictured an intersex person from the neck down.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 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

The rifles, the crockery, as well as a cake and 13 ices, presented to Nadar by Siraudin, of the Rue de la Paix, were all uninjured.

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

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