Jean Comandon

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Jean Comandon (born August 3, 1877 in Jarnac , † October 30, 1970 in Sèvres ) was a French doctor , naturalist and pioneer of microphotography and microscopic film.

In 1908 he invented microphotography. He was one of the first to use film for scientific purposes, especially in ethnology and botany . He filmed and photographed the movements and growth of the cells with a microscope to which a photo or film camera was connected.

In 1926 he took over the management of the biological laboratory for scientific cinematography founded by Albert Kahn . His film archive with more than 400 films is located in the Pasteur Institute .

literature

  • Beatrice Pastre and Thierry Lefebvre (Eds.), Scientific Filming, Understanding Life: The Cinema by Jean Comandon Paris: National Center for Cinematography, 2012. 504 pp.
Ultramicroscope time-lapse of syphilis parasite, Comandon, 1910
personal data
SURNAME Comandon, Jean
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French doctor, naturalist and pioneer of photomicrography and microscopic film
DATE OF BIRTH August 3, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH Jarnac
DATE OF DEATH October 30, 1970
Place of death Sèvres