Jean-Baptiste Tournassoud

Jean-Baptiste Tournassoud  (born May 3, 1866 in Montmerle-sur-Saône, died January 5, 1951) was a French photographer and military officer.

Biography
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, black-and-white and color. 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 Georges Clemenceau, Paris; Historial de la Grande Guerre, Château de Péronne (Somme); and various private collections.