Jean-Baptiste Tournassoud

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.

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.

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