Jean-Baptiste Tournassoud fotógrafo francés nacido en Montmerle-sur-Saône

Jean-Baptiste Tournassoud was born May 3, 1866 in Montmerle-sur-Saône. At the end of his basic military service in 1887, Tounassoud remained with the Army and began a military career. He was a pioneer of color photography, using autochrome plates. 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 thousands of photographs, both black-and-white and color.