Nadar

Gaspard-Félix Tournachon, better known as Nadar, was a true Renaissance man of 19th-century Paris. Born in 1820, he initially studied medicine before turning to a vibrant career as a caricaturist and novelist, immersing himself in the bohemian circles of figures like Charles Baudelaire and Gérard de Nerval. His friends playfully dubbed him 'Tournadar,' which eventually shortened to the famous pseudonym he adopted. Nadar's foray into photography began in 1854, quickly evolvin…