Bazar Nadar

Time for the summer holidays! 💃🕺☀️

Happy Birthday to The Pencil of Nature.
(Larry J. Schaaf)
"On this day, June 24th in 1844, William Henry Fox Talbot upended centuries of tradition in book illustration. In issuing the opening fascicle of The Pencil of Nature, he took the first faltering but bold steps towards forever changing the way that we would produce and view books. This pioneering publication more than anything else demonstrated his far reaching vision and profound understanding of the implications of the art that he had conceived of on the shores of Lake Como in the autumn of 1833. Just eleven years later Henry Talbot had evolved from suffering as a frustrated draughtsman to being a publishing visionary. His influence on the world of books was to become so pervasive that most often we do not even perceive it today."
Find the link to this article by Larry J. Schaaf in the comments below.⬇️

Rare amateur CDV of the 1882 transit of Venus, which took place on December 6. A 'Transit of Venus' happens when Venus is seen in silhouette against the bright face of the Sun. This was the second and last transit of Venus of the 19th century, the first having taken place eight years earlier in 1874.
Link with more in the comments! ⤵️

A perfect new addition to the Bazar Nadar collection! I like the way he signed his letters with great panache ✍🏼😉

Sotheby’s is offering a recently surfaced 1846 daguerreotype of Dolley Madison, who is credited with inventing the role of first lady. Photographer John Plumbe Jr. 👉link in the comments!

Today we commemorate 80 years of D-Day.
Very few wartime photos show the terror and violence of air war with such expression.

A haunting image of a Liberator bomber, hit by German anti-aircraft fire. The B-24 Liberator bomber, nicknamed “Blue I” was shot down during a raid on the IG Farben chemical complex in the town of Blechhammer. The plant in Blechhammer was one of the most protected targets in Europe.

The fair in Bièvres was fun! I met a lot of nice people from around the world. Thank you all for your interest.
Merci beaucoup for this excellent event!

A lovely albumen photo of some resting dogs, ca. 1870 🐕🐩
We bring this one and many others to Bièvres

I like photos with a primitive atmosphere like this one 🤩
Albumen print from the Bazar Nadar collection.

About the fair in Bièvres. See you soon!!

60e Foire internationale de la Photo de Bièvres, en partenariat avec Compétence Photo Comme chaque année, Compétence Photo soutient la Foire internationale de la Photo, qui aura lieu les samedi 1er et dimanche 2 juin 2024 à Bièvres. L'équipe du magazine vous accueillera sur son stand le dimanche toute la journée, de 9h à 18h. Nous vous attendons nombreux afin de vous présente...

Hope to see you next weekend for the 60th photo fair in Bièvres! Find a lot of vintage photographs, analogue cameras and meet your photo friends 📷🎥🎞️📼🤳🏼🖼️. And of course, let’s hope for good weather 🌤️😉

Early amateur photo by Odart de Parigny, photographed at the Château du Bouchet. This beautiful and lovely portrait of mother and daughter was made around 1861.
Albumen print from a collodion glass negative with little original retouche.

Doing gymnastic exercises with a Rhönrad, Germany ca. 1929
#1929

Perfect activity for this sunny spring day. My students are making beautiful images again. ☀️💙🤩

A touching albumen print of a dead panther. The animal lies in a photo studio in front of a painted background. Photographer Jean Théophile Geiser (1848-1923) was born in Switzerland but was professionally active in North Africa.

Eugène Atget: Hôtel La Valette, Quai des Célestins. June 1899, Nr. 3649
Albumen print titled and numbered in pencil by the artist. Print in good condition with good tonality. A beautiful example of Atget’s work. Now at

A nice radiophoto with almost abstract quality of the Freedom 7 mission.
The first U.S. human spaceflight on May 5, 1961, Mercury Redstone 3 was piloted by astronaut Alan Shepard. The main scientific objective of project Mercury was to determine man’s capabilities in a space environment and the ability to return a human safely back to Earth.
Stamped “5 MAI 1961” on the verso. Normal traces of use for a vintage press photo.

Weekend!
Time to read this fresh issue of 🤩 As always a beautiful magazine with excellent articles and images.
Find it at your local photo dealer. Or discover the back catalogue online. For free! 📚❤️

Vintage photographs at Catawiki, now online!
Link to the auction in the comments below.

Roger Fenton!
Charming and rare portrait of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII. Vintage aluminized salt print from a collodion glass negative by Roger Fenton, February 8, 1854.
This lot includes a later official copy of the original print. This silver gelatine print is made by Vernon Kirk Armitage, Fenton’s brother-in-law, as a coronation gift to King Edward VII.
Find out more online, link in bio 🔝

Collecting stuff 😊
thank you for the beautiful hand 🫴

A very unusual cdv of a child’s leg by Davis & Severn. The young child is sitting on a chair and has the trouser leg rolled up to show his leg and foot. The pants have stitching that can also be seen on Zouave uniforms. There is no indication why this unusual image was made.
Name and address of the photographers written on the verso. “Zouave boy? Injured leg” written in a later hand.

Next stop for Bazar Nadar: 60th International Photo Fair in Bièvres!!
Two days of vintage photographs and cameras 📷 🎞️ 🤩

How the Getty Museum decided whether it was safe to display 150-year-old photos. Interesting!
Link in comments.

New stuff arrived today! 📦😉

A fascinating astro photograph of the eclipse of April 17, 1912 in Paris.
The typical glass positive of “Vérascope Richard” isn’t used as a stereo image. The solar eclipse is visible on the left. On the right the photographic setup with the telescope. 
Technical information about the image is written in blue pen on the glass plate between the images.
Historical detail about this solar eclipse: 
Eugène Atget photographed a crowd gathering at the Place de la Bastille in Paris on April 17, 1912, using viewing equipment to observe a solar eclipse. A famous image used on the cover of La Révolution Surréaliste.

Roy Lichtenstein
Amazing to see so many artworks of him together. It gives me a lot of inspiration for my Art History lessons 😉
📸 .van.den.broeck 😘

J. MESSIN: ÉCLIPSE TOTALE DU 16 SEPTEMBRE 1978
The image was made in France, in the Mantes region in 1978. Using a 125 ASA film with f6,3 and 1/100s every 4 minutes. The effect is wonderful. 
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Now on view at in the exhibition Echtzeit by Dirk Braeckman.

Tomorrow! 🇦🇹 The Vienna Vintage Photo Fair will be taking place tomorrow, Sunday 7 April in the Museumquartier/Podium Vienna from 10am-6pm, admission is free!
And Bazar Nadar will be present too 😉

Bon anniversaire, M. Nadar! 🥳
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