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PAGE SIXTEEN
Camera News
By IRVING DESFOR
AP Newsfeatures l
Recently I admired the print
quality of several dozen phom-i
graphs. Mostly portraits of by-‘
gone personalities, they achieved
their strong characterizations with
simple lighting, straighforward
posing and plain backgrounds.
“What's so unusual?” you ask. |
Ah, but these original prints were |
made from fifty to almost a hun- |
dred years ago and, with a couple |
of exceptions, hadn't been seen |
before in America. They were the |
work of a French photo pionocr,l
Nadar, and his son, Paul Nadar, |
With Paris currently celebrat- |
ing its 2,000 birthday, it seems ap- |
propriate for camera-fans every- |
where to pay tribute 1o photo- |
graphy's inventors, Daquerre and]
Niepce, and to the Parisian trail- |
blazer, Nadar. 1
It was Nadar who brought pho- ;
tography, literally, to its earliest |
great heights . .. (he took the first |
aerial photos from a balloon in|
1856) and brought light to photo- l
graphy in its depths. . . (he took |
the first potos by electric light
in the Paris catacombs in 1859). |
But on a more normal level the ‘
world can be grateful for the many ‘
intimate, close-up views he pro
vided of 19th Century literary, |
artistic, dramatic and political fi
gures. Vietor Hugo. Balzae, Geor
ge Sand; composers Wagner, Ros
sini, Mevebeer; the divine Sarah
Bernhardt and Lily Langtrv; art
ists Daumier, Corot, Dore; Nanol
eon ITT of France, Leonold I of Bel- l
gium and Edward VIII of England |
... these are a cross section of the
personalities who paraded before
Nadar’s camera. :
We are grateful to-a top Ameri
can photographer, Horst, of Vogue
high-fachion fame, for bringing'
some of these forgotten photos to
the attention of the editors of Po- l
pular Photography. You will find |
in the November issue a large
selection of Nadar photos from
Horst’s private collection. These
he acquired some five years ago
in Paris from the present Mme.!
Nadar, who still maintains the old ‘
studio where father and son work
ed so many decades ago. ‘
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Nadar was born Gaspard-Felix
Tourmachom. Vairously a medi
cal student, artist, journalist and
balloonist, he opened a profes
sional photography studio in Paris
in 1853. His friendship with the
most prominent people in the arts
and politics made his studio their
meeting place. His innate ability
with the eamera and his remark
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There are many motorists in our community who have the highway, will you know how we// worth waiting for
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entitled toa Cadillac—and yet, for one particular reason, For only when you experience its magnificent per
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I'hey have heard, and quite rightly so, that there is so restful to the body that you actually look forward to
some delay in delivery of new Cadillacs. And so, they those moments behind the wheel—will you realize how
have decidetl not to visit us until the car can be had completely Cadillac stands alone.
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lH Ih( m we say tnere 1S no Lelfer time to order a
Cadillac than right now. For each day you delay is costing Of course, if you have already placed your order for
you its price in motoring pleasure and satisfaction! a Cadillac—then stand firm in your purpose!
When you stop in at our showroom, we will talk to Dealers who sell other cars are undoubtedly beseech
you frankly about what you may expect as to date of ing you to switch your preference—for the sake of
delivery. And we think you may be delighted to discover immediate delivery.
that the waiting period is not so long as might be ex- But just remember: immediate delivery means not in
pected—for so fine a car in such great demand. demand. You are waiting for a Cadillac because so many
And we think you will find, too, that once we have wonderful people, like yourself, want no other car. And
your order, it’s a wonderful, satisfying feeling to know they know that their waiting will pay its rewards.
each passing day brings your Cadillac closer at hand. So stand firm. And be patient—for each day brings
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lfame to his adopted signature,
| Nadar.
' An inveterate worker, was feorver
lexperimenting‘ Not satisfied to
depend on natural light he pione~-
ered in the use of artificial light.
With primitive are lights, he made
the first photo by electric illumina-
Ition in the skull-strewn Paris cat
{ acombs, A far cry from his stud
|io portraits, it’s a tribute to his
| imagination and originality.
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i . Ballooning became an obsession
with Nadar. He conceived the idea
of aerial photography and this led
| to more experiments.
i “It was daring enough,” notes
i the Ponular Photography article,
| “to leave the ground in a big gas
lbag 90 years aro, but Nadar
| thought so little of the danger that
|he eould devote all his attention
ito his photographic equipment —
| which, heaven knows, demanded
iplentv of attention in that day of
the old wet plate’”’
I His balloon basket was convert
led into a flving darkroom with an
,onaque tent suspended from the
irigging and the camera strapped
to the side. Persistent efforts on
more than 20 ascents met with
‘less than a hint of success. There
wasn’t even a suggestion of an
image of his exposed plates.
He tried again, despite seeming
bad luck with his balloon. Filled
with hycrogen the night before
for an early morning start, he
found on arrival it had shrunken.
A sudden chill in the night had
caused the gas to contract. De
termined to go aloft anyway he
dumped all ballast, the cumber
some tent, extra equipment—every
thing but the camera. The balloon
| struggled to rise . .. hesitated . . .
]settled-s]owly back. |
Something else had to go Nadar |
| decided it could be his modesty.l
| Off came his clothes and shoes.
That did it! The balloon rose {
to about 300 feet and Nadar at
temped his pictures as usual. .
However, this time the plates
Iwere developed at the village
|hotel. That day wasa triumph for
photography for at last he had an
’image—a hazy image to be sure—
but an image nevertheless.
The mystery of the past failures
was soon solved. It lay in a small
exhaust valve from which hy
drogen gas normally escaped at
high altudes under a farm sun.
On this chilly day, Nadar had
closed the valve. For the first time
his exposed plates were free from
hydrogen vapor. Previously, under
the developing tent, it had spoiled
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THE DIVINE Sarah Bernhardt is shown at the left at
the start of her career about 1858, as photographed by
Nadar. At the right is Bernhardt at the crest of her ca
reer as snapped by Nadar’s son, Paul, some 30 years
later.
all his plates.
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In 1870, when Paris was besieg
ed by the Prussians, Nadar was
one of the commandants of the
balloon crops which kept Paris in
contact with the outside world,
In 1880 Nadar retired from ac
tive photography at the age of 60.
His 24 year old son, Paul, took
Inflaion Stud
The League of Women Voters of
Athens, along with League chap
ters all over the nation, will begin
the study of inflation on Tuesday
and Wednesday of this week, The
Economiecs Committee with Mrs.
Tom Jones as Chairman has
made a study of this national pro
blem, and their findings as well
as those of the national committee
will be used as a basis for dis
cussion.
The main topics will be (1)
What already has happened to the
dollar, (2) the relationship be
tween the defense emergency and
inflation, (3) effects of inflation,
THE BANNER-HERALD, ATHENS, GEORGIA
| over his studio and maintained the
bold Nadar signature but never
achieved the accliam or the stature
of his father’s earlier work.
| The elder Nadar died in 1910, his
| niche in photo history well est
!ablished. Occasionally, it needs a
llittle dusting off, a little retelling.
This is a fitting occasion.
(4) what we can do to help com- \
bat inflation. .
There will be two morning and |
evening unit meetings. Members |
of the groups will exchange opin=
ions and endeavor to reach a bet
ter understanding of the whole
inflation problem. The price rise
following World War I, which was
greater than that following War
11, will also be used as background
material.
Members of the League are
urged to attend the Unit meeting
most convenient. Intrested citizens
are invited to aitend. Please see
the Coming Events column in this
paper for times and places of
meetings. ‘
Findings of the groups will be
be coordinated and used in thc'
Unit meetings in November. |
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GASOLINE PRICE “DOWN” !
SINGAPORE.—(AP)—The cost
of gasoline is going down — some.
One company announced a 2-cent ‘
reduction to 52 cents per gallon. |
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