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Nadar

(Encyclopedia)Nadar gäspärˈ-fālēksˈ to͞ornäshôNˈ [key], 1820–1910, French pioneer photographer and writer, b. Paris; he adopted the legal trademark of “Nadar” as a young man. A multitalented young b...

photography, still

(Encyclopedia)photography, still, science and art of making permanent images on light-sensitive materials. See also photographic processing; motion picture photography; motion pictures. By the end of ...

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