"Autochrome "the Lake" Circa 1920 Color Photograph On Glass Lumière Process Circa 1920"
Very beautiful autochrome bordered in blue circa 1920. A woman with a large hat poses under a tree and in front of a lake. In the background stands a large building. Format 9 x 12 cm "This is not a snapshot, but the reproduction of a frozen and composed moment, illuminated by an impression, a sensation of color generated by multiple touches of pigments modeled by the brush of light" Institut Lumière. Filed as a patent in 1903 but unveiled at the Academy of Sciences in 1904, the Autochrome Lumière plate, invented by Louis Lumière, is the first color photography process. The secret of this invention lies in the use of tinted potato starch, allowing the light to be captured and filtered. link on the site
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