The Nadars, a photographic legend

The Nadars

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Arabian rider

Adrien Tournachon, 1856

Salt-paper print with a protective coating, from a collodion glass negative, 29.6 x 22.2 cm.
BnF, Prints and Photographs Department, EO-99-FOL
© Bibliothèque nationale de France
It has been proven that Adrien Tournachon took this sun-drenched portrait when he did his photographic series of animals at the 1856 World's Agricultural Fair. Taking advantage of the fact that animal handlers from many different countries had donned traditional dress to show off their prize-winning beasts to get these pictures of shepherds and horsemen.