Paris Coloré
from Les Archives de la planète by Albert Kahn
There was a war, there was the fear, the end of the Belle Époque. But, despite this, someone didn’t forget about the colors.
Using the Autochrome Lumière, a color photography process that had just appeared, Leon Gimpel, Stephane Passet, Georges Chevalier and Auguste Leon begin to document life in Paris — 1914 — for Albert Kahn, controversial figure from the early 1900s.
Today, thanks to them, we have perhaps one more reason to believe in the calls of wonder and beauty.
Some color are enhanced on the original shots.
Thanks to Michael Zhang.
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AroundEnchanted Forest
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ArteGirls
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ArteWirdou
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ArteLes Diners de Gala
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AroundBird’s Eye
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ArteImagine
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ArteCreepy Studio
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ArteHeadscapes
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HitsLili
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ArteLines of Ordinary Madness
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AroundChildren of World War
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ArteIllusion
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ArteInsomniac Rationality
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ArteMiniature Calendar
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ArteEl Alto
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ArteA fake job
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AroundChâteau de Beauvoir
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ArteReally Crazy
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ArteQueen of Double Eyes
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ArteDixie Dreams
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ArteRocket Men
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ArteBebop Loneliness
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ArteThe Apologists
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ArteUnder Spell
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ArteInto the landscapes
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ArteMTO
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ArteHands Full
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ArteCollage Class
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ArteSilence of the Music
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ArteWoodcum
These photos make the past seem more “real” and are also less depressing.
Amazing images. Nothing like colour photography to question how we think of the past