Jean-Baptiste Tournassoud (May 3, 1866 – January 5, 1951) was a Frenchphotographer and military officer.
Tournassoud was born May 3, 1866, inMontmerle-sur-Saône. In 1879, he was first in the canton for the certificate of primary studies and followed a course in carpentry.[1] At the end of his basic military service in 1887, Tounassoud remained with the Army and began a military career.[2] He married Georgette Michel in 1901 and the following year became the father of a daughter named Juliette.[1]
He was a pioneer of color photography, usingautochrome plates.[2] As subject matter he particularly 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.[3]
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.[4]
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.[2]
Tournassoud left about 2,500 photographs, both black-and-white and color.[5]
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