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: 1927 autochromes of Ireland
: Indofunk November 21, 2015, 12:15:21 AM

http://mashable.com/2015/11/12/ireland-autochrome/ (http://mashable.com/2015/11/12/ireland-autochrome/)

(http://1.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/ireland-3.jpg)

: Re: 1927 autochromes of Ireland
: zapsnaps November 21, 2015, 08:27:47 AM

I love autochromes, even though the subject matter isn't really my thing in this set. Click on the link and some of the others have an almost 3D-like quality I've seen before on autochromes, especially at the Kahn museum in Paris (WELL worth seeing).

: Re: 1927 autochromes of Ireland
: macfred November 21, 2015, 09:40:30 AM

Thank you for sharing those beautiful autochromes. Like them a lot !
Here are some 1913 autochrome portraits, Mervyn O’Gorman took from his daughter Christina :
http://petapixel.com/2015/04/26/these-1913-autochrome-portraits-are-from-the-early-days-of-color-photography/ (http://petapixel.com/2015/04/26/these-1913-autochrome-portraits-are-from-the-early-days-of-color-photography/)

: Re: 1927 autochromes of Ireland
: Indofunk November 21, 2015, 05:04:25 PM

: macfred  November 21, 2015, 09:40:30 AM

Thank you for sharing those beautiful autochromes. Like them a lot !
Here are some 1913 autochrome portraits, Mervyn O’Gorman took from his daughter Christina :
http://petapixel.com/2015/04/26/these-1913-autochrome-portraits-are-from-the-early-days-of-color-photography/ (http://petapixel.com/2015/04/26/these-1913-autochrome-portraits-are-from-the-early-days-of-color-photography/)

Yes! I've seen those! In fact, those images introduced me to the entire concept of autochromes, which is fascinating :)

: Re: 1927 autochromes of Ireland
: imagesfrugales November 21, 2015, 11:31:11 PM

Autochromes are fascinating. The first time I heard about them was a report about Albert Kahn, a french banker, who sent photographers around the whole world to collect what he called "Archives of the Planet". He got 72.000 mostly autochromes and 183.000 m moving pictures. His idea was to accomplish understanding for foreign people and cultures to create a peaceful world. Still the biggest challenge for mankind.

You might do a google search for the pictures and read the Wiki entry:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Kahn_%28banker%29

: Re: 1927 autochromes of Ireland
: Indofunk November 21, 2015, 11:43:34 PM

Wish I knew about that Paris museum 2 years ago when I was there! :(

: Re: 1927 autochromes of Ireland
: macfred November 21, 2015, 11:53:02 PM

Also worth a look :1928 -England in Color -The King's Country, caught in Autochrome http://mashable.com/2015/03/29/england-color-photos/ (http://mashable.com/2015/03/29/england-color-photos/)

: Re: 1927 autochromes of Ireland
: Indofunk November 22, 2015, 12:42:32 AM

: macfred  November 21, 2015, 11:53:02 PM

Also worth a look :1928 -England in Color -The King's Country, caught in Autochrome http://mashable.com/2015/03/29/england-color-photos/ (http://mashable.com/2015/03/29/england-color-photos/)

Those are beautiful!!!

: Re: 1927 autochromes of Ireland
: jharr November 22, 2015, 01:30:07 AM

Autochrome surpassed tri-color gum as my favorite historic color process about a year ago when I really started looking at them and researched the process a bit. It is truly amazing how it simulates an RGB color space and fools the eye into thinking it is viewing full color. Thanks for the link.

: Re: 1927 autochromes of Ireland
: macfred November 22, 2015, 09:33:23 AM

Other resources :


`The Dawn of Colour´- Celebrating the Centenary of the Autochrome / National Media Museum / UK
http://www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/nmem/autochrome/Resources.asp (http://www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/nmem/autochrome/Resources.asp)