Nadar Raising Photography to the Height of Art



Nadar Raising Photography to the Height of Art. Honoré Daumier. 1862 C.E. Lithograph.

  • Nadar famous for taking aerial photos of Paris in the 1850s
  • Wackiness; almost falls out of balloon, hat flying away
  • Mocks the claims that photography can be a "high art"; irony implied in the title
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