Alexandre Dumas père. 1855. Salted paper print from wet collodion negative. Nadar was a journalist, novelist, cartoonist, balloonist, lithographer, an
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4101 x 5500 px | 34.7 x 46.6 cm | 13.7 x 18.3 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
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Alexandre Dumas père. 1855. Salted paper print from wet collodion negative. Nadar was a journalist, novelist, cartoonist, balloonist, lithographer, and, beginning in 1849, photographer. Like Brady’s establishments in America, Nadar’s Parisian studio quickly became a center for celebrity photography, selling compelling images of the major political and cultural figures of the time. Nadar avoided symbolic props and elaborate backgrounds; he let his sitters choose their own pose, putting them at ease enough to reveal glimpses of their true character. Dumas, one of France’s most popular authors, wrote The Three Musketeers. The year this portrait was made, he and Nadar were hoping to collaborate on a play, but their only joint production seems to have been this casual, intimate portrait.