Gaëtan Gatian de Clérambault
1872
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1934
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: France
languages spoken, written or signed: French
educated at: Collège Stanislas de Paris, École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs, Faculté de médecine de Paris
occupation: psychiatrist, photographer, ethnographer
award received: Knight of the Legion of Honour, Croix de guerre 1914–1918
Gaëtan Henri Alfred Edouard Léon Marie Gatian de Clérambault (2 July 1872 – 17 November 1934) was a French psychiatrist. Apart from his psychiatric studies, he was an acclaimed painter and wrote on the costumes of various native tribes. He was also a professional photographer, from 1914 to 1918 he took around 30,000 photographs, some of the photos taken as part of a research project involving symptoms of hysteria. Many of his photos were later placed in the Musée de l'Homme. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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