Louis Boutan (1859 - 1934)
Other form of the name
Boutan , Louis Marie Auguste (état civil)
Birth
1859, Versailles, Yvelines (78), France
Death
1934, Tighzirt-sur-Mer, Algérie
Nationality
France
Gender
Genre
Homme
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Section :
photographie
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Zoologiste, précurseur de la photographie sous-marine, il réalise avec son frère Auguste Boutan, ingénieur des Arts et Manufactures, les premiers clichés subaquatiques en 1893. Voir : De l’image fixe à l’image animée, 1820-1910 : actes des notaires de Paris pour servir à l’histoire des photographes et de la photographie, Durand, 2015 vol. 1.