The Prix Nadar is an annual prize awarded for a photography book edited in France. Photography (fә'tɒgrәfi or fә'tɑːgrәfi (from Greek φωτο and γραφία is the process and Art of recording pictures by means of capturing This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The prize was created in 1955 and is awarded by a jury of photojournalists and publishing experts. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Photojournalism is a particular form of Journalism (the collecting editing and presenting of news material for publication or broadcast that creates images in order to tell
The prize's namesake, Nadar, was the pseudonym of Gaspard-Félix Tournachon, a French photographer who lived from 1820 to 1910. A pseudonym is a fictitious alternative to a person's legal name (see Alias) This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. A photographer is a person who takes a Photograph using a Camera. Year 1820 ( MDCCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting
Some Prix Nadar Winners
- William Klein, 1956
- Jean Dieuzaide, 1961
- Sam Haskins, 1964 (Cowboy Kate and other stories)
- Erich Lessing, 1966 (Odyssee)
- Georg Gerster, 1976
- Josef Koudelka, 1978
- Willy Ronis, 1981 (Le fil du hasard)
- Jean-Claude Lemagny, 1985
- André Kertész, 1988 (Hologramme)
- Xavier Zimbardo, 1989
- Elisabeth Foch, 1990 (Montagne des photographes)
- Richard Avedon, 1994 (Evidence 1944-1994)
- Carla Williams, 1998
- Michael Ackerman, 1999 (End Time City)
- Raymond Depardon, 2000 (Detours)
- Olivier Beer, 2001 (Urban Resources)
- Larry Burrows, 2002 (Vietnam)
- Bernard Guillot, 2003 (The white House)
- Philippe Bordered, 2004 (Africa With Naked Fists)
- Larry Towell, 2005 (No Man's Land)
- Henri Cartier-Bresson, 2006 (Scrapbook)
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William Klein (born in New York New York, USA, on April 19, 1928) is a Photographer and Filmmaker. Sam Haskins born Samuel Joseph Haskins ( November 11, 1926) is a photographer best known for his contribution to Nude photography, pre- Photoshop George Gerster (born 30 April 1928 is a journalist and a pioneer aerial photographer Josef Koudelka (b 1938 in Boskovice, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech Photographer. Willy Ronis (born August 14, 1910) is a French Photographer who focused on life in post-war Paris and Provence. André Kertész ( July 2, 1894 – September 28, 1985) born Kertész Andor, was a Hungarian -born photographer Richard Avedon ( May 15, 1923 &ndash October 1, 2004) was an American Photographer. Larry Burrows (born May 29, 1926 in London - died February 10, 1971 in Laos) was an English Photographer Larry Towell (born 1953 is a Canadian Photographer, Poet, and oral historian. Henri Cartier-Bresson ( August 22, 1908 &ndash August 3 2004) was a French
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