Paul Nadar. Two dancers 1895-1905.

In 1887, Félix Tournachon, known as Nadar, retired to his house in the Sénart forest, leaving his son Paul at the head of the famous studio he had created in the mid-1850s. To the refined and intimate official portraits of Félix, Paul preferred more complex scenographies, using accessories and sets that identified the person photographed in their role or professional capacity. Many actors and actresses paraded before his lens, reinterpreting scenes performed at the time in the greatest Parisian theaters.