10 oldest color photos that show what the world was 100 years ago

When we are told about old photographs, the imagination, of course, draws black and white photographs. But, as you can see in the next amazing shots of the beginning of the 20th century, color photography lasts much longer than it seems to us.

If you wanted to get a color photo before 1907, you would have to color it manually using special dyes. But two French brothers named Auguste and Louis Lumiere changed the course of history by developing a process that they called Autochrome Lumière. Using colored grains of potato starch and a photosensitive emulsion, they were able to produce vivid photographs without the need for additional coloring. Despite the complexity of production and the high cost of this process, it was very popular among photography enthusiasts.

The brothers made a revolution in the world of color photography until Kodak took it to a whole new level by inventing Kodachrome film in 1935. But she had already had to give way to a digital image.

We present to your attention a collection of stunning 100-year-old frames made with the then-innovative Autochrome Lumière.

Christina in Red, 1913

Grenate Street Army, 1915

Sisters sitting in the garden tie roses in a bouquet, 1911

Flower Seller, 1914

Mrs. A. Van Basten, 1910

A girl with a doll in her hands sits near a soldier's uniform, 1917

Two girls in oriental costumes, 1908

Cabaret "Moulin Rouge", Paris, 1914

Heinz and Eve on the hill, 1925

Woman smokes opium, 1915

Watch the video: 21 Of The Oldest Color Photos of 100 Years Ago (April 2024).