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Photographer, World Wars & Contemporary Wars
Born Jean-Baptiste TOURNASSOUD
French photographer and military officer
Born on May 3, 1866 in Montmerle-sur-Saône, Ain , France
Died on January 5, 1951 in Montmerle-sur-Saône, Ain , France
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... Jean-Baptiste Tournassoud (May 3, 1866 – January 5, 1951) was a French photographer and military officer.
Biography
Tournassoud was born May 3, 1866, in Montmerle-sur-Saône. In 1879, he was first in the canton for the certificate of primary studies and followed a course in carpentry. At the end of his basic military service in 1887, Tounassoud remained with the Army and began a military career. He married Georgette Michel in 1901 and the following year became the father of a daughter named Juliette.He was a pioneer of color photography, using autochrome plates. As subject matter he paricularly favoured the French Army of the years 1908-1914, both because of his own military background and because of the colourful uniforms of this period, worn even when on active service in Morocco.
Tournassoud was director of the Photographic and Cinematographic Service of the War (French: Service photographique et cinématographique de la guerre - SPCG) from October 30, 1918, to September 30, 1919.He retired from the Army in 1920. He settled in Montmerle and remained a photographer until his death, in 1951, at the age of 84.Tournassoud left about 2,500 photographs, both black-and-white and color.
Collections
Collections of his works are owned by:
Institut Lumière, Lyon
Musée des Pays de l'Ain, Bourg-en-Bresse
Musée Nicéphore-Niépce, Châlon-sur-Saône
Musée Clemenceau, Paris
Museum of the Great War, Château de Péronne, Somme, France
References
External links
Website about Tournassoud
Biography of Jean-Baptiste Tournassoud at Luminous-Lint
Institut Lumière/patrimoine Lumiere/Autochrome
Biography from Wikipedia (see original) under licence CC BY-SA 3.0
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