In 19th-century Paris, there were few artists/entrepreneurs as popular as Gaspard-Félix Tournachon. Tournachon made a name for himself as the first great portrait photographer, a pioneering balloonist and the first person to take an aerial photograph - among other achievements. He work was so captivating that he even became the basis for his friend Jules Verne’s hero in Around the World in 80 Days. Biographer Adam Begley details the innovations and adventures of Tournachon's life in his new book, The Great Nadar: The Man Behind the Camera.
Adam Begley will appear on Sept. 26 at 7:00 p.m. at Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater House of Speakeasy (425 Lafayette St.).
He will also appear at 7:00 p.m. on Oct. 3 at NYU’s La Maison Française (16 Washington Mews, between 5th Ave. and Washington Square E).