Posted January 7, 200619 yr Saw this on Instapundit - a Library of Congress photo exhibit of color photos from the 30's and 40's: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/boundforglory/glory-home.html Online exhibit here: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/boundforglory/glory-exhibit.html Wonderful, wonderful exhibit...
January 7, 200619 yr Holy smoke! Most likely Kodachrome, possibly shot with a Leica. A lot of the pictures have the warmth and richness of old Kodachrome, except for a couple that turned red, which is what Anscochrome slides did after a few years. Kodachrome is the only film I know of that was available at that time that would have held its color that well, and it was pretty much the journalistic standard. At that, the scanning and reproduction work was skilfuly done. The black-and-white FSA photos that I've seen have a wonderful, stark artistic quality; color gives these an amazing presence. They really prove that photography isn't about ISO or pixels or f/1.2 lenses or fantastic zoom; Kodachrome then was ASA (ISO) 10, a fast lens was f/4.5, a really fancy camera had a shutter speed range from 1 second to 1/500 and no autofocus or built-in meter. A 35mm lens was about as wide as it got in 35mm film, and so far as I know, zoom lenses weren't even thought of. Get a life, Rob! </ramble-babble>
January 7, 200619 yr Rob, how about these? http://www.poiemadesign.com/wwi/index.html Linked in a follow-up to the Instapundit post, these are color photos - from WW I! Those are Autochrome Lumière, it says...
January 13, 200619 yr Very cool pics. The color brings the heartache of those days to life. B/W can make a bleak situation seem bleeker, but I love these pics. Thanks for sharing your find RiverView.
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