He was a well-rounded figure, who made himself known above all through his works as a journalist and caricaturist. At 34, a friend of Gaspard approached him, offering to financially support a studio if Gaspard wanted to pursue portrait photography (Metropolitan, 2004). The irony of the situation in particular is that Adrien, Gaspard's younger brother, was convinced by Gaspard himself to take up photography as a failed artist (Metropolitan, 2004). It was only later that Gaspard considered the deal. Adrien Tournachon was failing as a photographer and was ready to lose his studio, due to debts before Gaspard stepped forward. After Gaspard transformed the studio, business went through the roof for nearly a year before the brothers fell out, ending their partnership at the studio. Subsequently, Gaspard and Adrien had engaged in a legal battle over their shared name, "Nadar" (Metropolitan, 2004), which Gaspard won. After the court battle and separation from the studio, Gaspard “Nadar” began to develop his best pieces