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Louis Boutan
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Louis Boutan, n.d., {First underwater photograph by Louis Boutan], Photograph, Source requested, LL/45234
Louis Boutan


Born: 1859 - France, Versailles
Died: 1934, 6 April - Tighzirt-sur-Mer
Gender: Male
Active: France
 
French marine zoologist who carried out experiments between 1892 and 1900 with underwater photography at the Arago Marine Laboratory at Banyuls-sur-Mer, on France's Mediterranean coast. He developed camera housings, underwater lights and filters to cope with the difficult conditions and used plates developed by the Lumiere Brothers for his experiments.

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Louis Boutan, n.d., {First underwater photograph by Louis Boutan], Photograph, Source requested, LL/45234
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Louis Boutan, 1900, Fig. 33 A diagram showing how underwater photographs could be taken using magnesium light, Book illustration, detail, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie (BnF), LL/45233
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Louis Boutan, 1900, Fig. 33 A diagram showing how underwater photographs could be taken using magnesium light, Book illustration, detail, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie (BnF), LL/63395
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