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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ArtePlaying Leaves
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ArteDiluvio
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ArteHate Thy Brother
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ArteLunarbaboon
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ArteStop, Think, Make
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ArteSomething strange happened here
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ArteKorean Macabre
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ArteSuperhero in the New World
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ArteThe Art of Reading
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AroundThe Wearer – Let’s be mad together
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ArteOther Side
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ArteRevolustration
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Barra 3ZAYK
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ArteHuman Brush
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ArteClementeam
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ArteClassical City
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GIFAnimated Paint
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ArteLa Machine
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AroundRadical Chic
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ArteTrying to have Fun
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Arte7 Days
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ArteTim and Sue
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ArteOff the Mark
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ArteButcher Billy
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ArteFashion Memes
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ArteChristmas to my eyes
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ArteInto the cover
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ArteSuperheroes Punching Trump
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ArteMakeup Illusion
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HitsInto the channel flow
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