The photographer Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon
Félix Nadar, 1861
Portrait taken by artificial light
Albumen print from a collodion glass negative, 20.7 x 16.2 cm.
BnF, Prints and Photographs Department, EO-15 (1)-PET FOL
© Bibliothèque nationale de France
The sculptor Adam-Salomon switched to photography in the late 1850s. His portraits of celebrities from the world of arts and letters were shot in a highly classical style, then printed with great care and attention to detail. Nadar appreciated him as a person but kept an eye out for him as a competitor.
© BnF, Éditions multimédias, 2018