Paul Nadar

Paul Nadar lived from 1856-1939. He was a French photographer, caricaturist, writer, and a balloonist. He opened his own portrait studio in 1853. He produced very natural portraits. In 1855, Nadar patented the idea of using aerial photographs in map making and surveying. In 1858, he produced the first successful aerial photograph from a hot air balloon. In 1874 he managed his fathers studio in Paris. In 1885, Paul and his father collaborated in making the first photo interview with one hundred and one year old chemist and color theorist Michel-Eugene Chevreul. In 1893, Nadar became Eastman Kodak's representative in France.







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