Louis boutan biography

Louis Boutan (1859 – 1934) was a French pioneer in the field of underwater photography.

In 1880, he was named deputy head assigned to organize the French exhibit at the Melbourne International Exhibition (1880). He stayed in Australia for 18 months, travelling the continent and identifying new animal species.

In 1886, Boutan was named maître de conférences at the University of Lille. In the same year, he learned how to dive. In 1893, he was named professor at the Laboratoire Arago. During that year, with his brother Auguste, he developed equipment for underwater photography.

Louis Boutan et la photographie sous-marine (1886 -1900

In an article in The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, he described his apparatus; the article included an illustration of one of his cameras and several underwater images. Boutan developed a flash bulb that could be used underwater. He later used carbon arc lights for illumination.

In 1898, he published the first book on underwater photography La Photographie sous-marine et les progrès de la photograph Toggle share options ZEXYG