Prix Nadar
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The Prix Nadar is an annual prize awarded for a photography
book edited in France
. The prize was created in 1955 and is awarded by a jury of photojournalists
and publishing experts.
The prize's namesake, Felix Nadar
, was the pseudonym
of Gaspard-Félix Tournachon, a French
photographer who lived from 1820 to 1910.
Photography
Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
book edited in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. The prize was created in 1955 and is awarded by a jury of photojournalists
Photojournalism
Photojournalism is a particular form of journalism that creates images in order to tell a news story. It is now usually understood to refer only to still images, but in some cases the term also refers to video used in broadcast journalism...
and publishing experts.
The prize's namesake, Felix Nadar
Nadar (photographer)
Félix Nadar was the pseudonym of Gaspard-Félix Tournachon , a French photographer, caricaturist, journalist, novelist and balloonist. Some photographs by Nadar are marked "P. Nadar" for "Photographie Nadar" .-Life: born in April 1820 in Paris...
, was the pseudonym
Pseudonym
A pseudonym is a name that a person assumes for a particular purpose and that differs from his or her original orthonym...
of Gaspard-Félix Tournachon, a French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
photographer who lived from 1820 to 1910.
Some Prix Nadar Winners
- Werner BischofWerner BischofWerner Bischof was a Swiss photographer and photojournalist.-Early life:Bischof was born in Zürich, Switzerland. When he was six years old, the family moved to Waldshut, Germany, where he subsequently went to school...
, 1955, Japan - Fulvio Roiter, 1956, Umbria
- William KleinWilliam KleinWilliam Klein is a photographer and filmmaker noted to for his ironic approach to both media and his extensive use of unusual photographic techniques in the context of photojournalism and fashion photography...
, 1957 - Michel Cot, 1958
- Jean Dieuzaide, 1961
- Alexander LibermanAlexander LibermanAlexander Semeonovitch Liberman was a Russian-American magazine editor, publisher, painter, photographer, and sculptor. He held senior artistic positions during his 32 years at Condé Nast Publications.-Biography:When his father took a post advising the Soviet government, the family moved to Moscow...
, 1962, Masters of Contemporary Art - Sam HaskinsSam HaskinsSam Haskins, born Samuel Joseph Haskins , was a South African photographer best known for his contribution to nude photography, pre-Photoshop in-camera image montage, and his books, the most influential of which were Cowboy Kate and Haskins Posters...
, 1964 (Cowboy Kate and other stories) - Erich LessingErich LessingErich Lessing is an Austrian photographer associated with Magnum Photos.-Career:Lessing was born in Vienna to a dentist and a concert pianist. Before completing high school he was forced to leave Austria in 1939 because of Hitler's rise to power. He immigrated to the British Mandate for Palestine...
, 1966 (Odyssee) - Henri Cartier-BressonHenri Cartier-BressonHenri Cartier-Bresson was a French photographer considered to be the father of modern photojournalism. He was an early adopter of 35 mm format, and the master of candid photography...
, 1971, Vive la France - André KertészAndré KertészAndré Kertész , born Kertész Andor, was a Hungarian-born photographer known for his groundbreaking contributions to photographic composition and the photo essay. In the early years of his career, his then-unorthodox camera angles and style prevented his work from gaining wider recognition...
, 1973, Sixty years of photography - Gina LollobrigidaGina LollobrigidaGina Lollobrigida is an Italian actress, photojournalist and sculptress. She was one of the most popular European actresses of the 1950s and early 1960s. She was also an iconic sex symbol of the 1950s. Today, she remains an active supporter of Italian and Italian American causes, particularly the...
, 1974, Italia mia - Georg GersterGeorg GersterGeorge Gerster is a Swiss journalist and a pioneer aerial photographer.Born in Winterthur, in 1950 Gerster earned a doctorate at the University of Zurich in Germanistik. Through 1956 he worked as an editor for the inhabitants of Zurich's "World Week"...
, 1976, Earth Rights - Josef KoudelkaJosef KoudelkaJosef Koudelka is a Czech photographer.-Biography:Josef Koudelka was born in 1938 in Boskovice, Moravia, town of about 10,000 inhabitants. He began photographing his family and the surroundings with a 6 x 6 Bakelite camera...
, 1978 - Willy RonisWilly RonisWilly Ronis was a French photographer, the best-known of whose work shows life in post-war Paris and Provence.-Early life:...
, 1981 (Le fil du hasard) - August SanderAugust SanderAugust Sander was a German portrait and documentary photographer. Sander's first book Face of our Time was published in 1929...
, 1982, Men of the twentieth century - Jean-Claude Lemagny, 1985
- André KertészAndré KertészAndré Kertész , born Kertész Andor, was a Hungarian-born photographer known for his groundbreaking contributions to photographic composition and the photo essay. In the early years of his career, his then-unorthodox camera angles and style prevented his work from gaining wider recognition...
, 1988 (Hologramme) - Elisabeth Foch, 1990 (Montagne des photographes)
- Irving PennIrving PennIrving Penn was an American photographer known for his portraiture and fashion photography.-Early career:Irving Penn studied under Alexey Brodovitch at the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art from which he was graduated in 1938. Penn's drawings were published by Harper's Bazaar and he...
, 1991, by the way - Richard AvedonRichard AvedonRichard Avedon was an American photographer. An obituary published in The New York Times said that "his fashion and portrait photographs helped define America's image of style, beauty and culture for the last half-century."-Photography career:Avedon was born in New York City to a Jewish Russian...
, 1994 (Evidence 1944-1994) - Michael Ackerman, 1999 (End Time City)
- Raymond DepardonRaymond DepardonRaymond Depardon is a French photographer, photojournalist and documentary filmmaker.-Photographer:...
, 2000 (Detours) - Olivier Beer, 2001 (Urban Resources)
- Jean GaumyJean GaumyJean Gaumy is a French photographer and filmmaker who has been associated with Magnum Photos since 1977.-Career:Gaumy was born in Pontaillac, Charente-Maritime, France. He attended school in Toulouse and Aurillac and went to university in Rouen. While a student in Rouen, he began working as a...
, 2001 - Larry BurrowsLarry BurrowsLarry Burrows was an English photojournalist best known for his pictures of the American involvement in the Vietnam War.-Life:...
, 2002 (Vietnam) - Bernard Guillot, 2003 (The white House)
- Philippe Bordered, 2004 (Africa With Naked Fists)
- Larry TowellLarry TowellLarry Towell is a Canadian photographer, poet, and oral historian.Towell grew up in a large family in rural Ontario and studied visual arts at York University in Toronto where his interest in photography first began...
, 2005 (No Man's Land) - Henri Cartier-BressonHenri Cartier-BressonHenri Cartier-Bresson was a French photographer considered to be the father of modern photojournalism. He was an early adopter of 35 mm format, and the master of candid photography...
, 2006 (Scrapbook) - Gilles Mora, 2007, (La Photographie Americaine)
- Sarah Moon, 2008, (1 2 3 4 5, éditions Delpire)