Gustave Viaud

Gustave Viaud
portrait by Marie Bon
Born(1836-04-25)April 25, 1836
DiedMarch 10, 1865(1865-03-10) (aged 28)
off Ceylon
NationalityFrench
OccupationNaval surgeon
Known forThe first photographer of Tahiti

Gustave Viaud (April 25, 1836 – March 10, 1865) was a French naval surgeon born in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime on 25 April 1836[1] and died off Ceylon, present-day Sri Lanka, on 10 March 1865.

  1. ^ Quella-Villégier, Alain (2006). "Gustave Viaud : premier photographe" [Gustave Viaud, first photographer] (PDF). L'Actualité Poitou-Charentes (in French). July–September (73): 66–69. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016.