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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ArteMelody of Night
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ArteSnow White
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ArteContemporary Art
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ArteSunny Street
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ArteOne Life
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ArteRaining Outside
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ArteAn exceptional picture
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ArteLady
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ArteCelebration of the Feminine
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ArteSculpting Shadows
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ArteTake me to Wonderland
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Barra 3ZAYK
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ArteHeroes & Killers
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ArteShapes of Union
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ArteFrida Anatomicum
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HitsAlways something
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ArteTheir fur
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ArteLittle Red Riding Hood
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AroundBlack Mountain School
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ArteDraw, Draw, My Darling
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ArteNostalgia
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ArteMatching
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ArtePinocchio
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ArteHatewood Lab
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ArteNo turning back
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ArteLiving Painting
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ArteWild Nature
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ArteAn Ideal Boy
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ArteLolnein
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ArteA modern femininity
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