Jean-Baptiste Tournassoud

Jean-Baptiste Tournassoud (May 3, 1866 – January 5, 1951) was a French photographer and military officer.

[2] He married Georgette Michel in 1901 and the following year became the father of a daughter named Juliette.

[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.

He settled in Montmerle and remained a photographer until his death, in 1951, at the age of 84.

North African soldiers, 1915. Autochrome by Tournassoud.
Tournassoud autochrome colour photograph of French 3rd Zouaves 1912