Daniel Camus was a photographer in the French army during the war in Indochina in the 1950s. After his return to France, he joined French magazine Paris Match as a staff photographer. In December 1958, he married Paris Match reporter Marie-Hélène Vivies. During their honeymoon on Cuba in January 1959, they witnessed the capture of Havana by Fidel Castro's revolutionary guerrilla army. They published their story and photos in the book Lune de miel chez Fidel Castro (Honeymoon with Fidel Castro).
