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Color mania : photographing the world in autochrome / Catlin Langford

Author
Langford, Catlin
Additional Titles
Colour mania and Photographing the world in autochrome
Published
New York, New York : Thames & Hudson Inc., 2022.
Copyright Date
©2022
Physical Description
239 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm
Additional Creators
Victoria and Albert Museum

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Contents
Portraits. Alvin Langdon Coburn ; John Cimon Warburg -- In the garden. Henry Essenhigh Corke ; Hugh C. Knowles -- Still life. Baron Adolph de Meyer -- Travel. Helen Messinger Murdoch ; F. A. Paneth -- Conservation in conversation.
Summary
Offering unprecedented access to the V&A's collection of autochromes--one of the greatest collections of early color photography in the world--Color Mania presents this pioneering photographic process in its full, vibrant, wondrous and painterly beauty and provides a breathtaking view of the early 20th century in color. These autochromes are so fragile and light sensitive that they cannot be displayed in public--this book presents the only chance to see them. Invented by the Lumiere brothers--also pioneers of cinema--autochrome was the first widely available direct color photography process and remained so for the next twenty years. Upon its commercial release in 1907, it was eagerly embraced by Pictorialist photographers and advocated by its leading member Alfred Stieglitz, who predicted 'a mania for color'. Photographed with great care for this book, the V&A's abundant collection of autochromes is brought to the public for the very first time. Organized thematically and with sections focusing in-depth on the photographers who engaged with the process, Color Mania is built upon the latest scholarship and research by Catlin Langford and includes insights into how these extraordinary photographs are being preserved for future generations. An opportunity to travel in time and understand a tour de force in photographic technology, Color Mania will delight anyone who desires to experience the past in color.--Publisher's description.
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ISBN
9780500480762 hardcover
0500480761 hardcover
Note
"First published in the United Kingdom in 2022"--Colophon.
Published in the United Kingdom under title Colour mania.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographic references (pages 228-234) and index.
Endowment Note
The Hastings Libraries Endowment
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