[4][5][6] His father, Léopold-Émile, specialized in photographing stars of entertainment venues such as the Moulin Rouge and the Folies Bergère, and was a pioneer of erotic photography.

[14] He produced thousands of photographs in sepia and black and white, and experimented with autochrome, an early form of color photography.

[26] Under various pseudonyms, one of them being Doriane G., an homage to Oscar Wilde, he wrote sports articles for La Vasque and L'Auto, amongst others.

He asked Schroeder to visit his garrison in order to give her numerous personal documents "as if he had foreseen his death".

[28] Reutlinger died in the Battle of the Ardennes on 22 August 1914, and was buried at Montparnasse Cemetery alongside his sister Yvonne.