I'm finding these century-old autochromes particularly beautiful. I never could imagine the world in colour before conventional colour photography. A glimpse of it by way of these images has stayed with me for days.
"Autochrome Lumiére" was patented by the Lumiére brothers in 1903. The technique itself of creating these prints is fascinating. More examples here.
Images above:
yellow orchids - c. 1910 (Charles Corbet)
her daughters in Japanese dress - c. 1914 (Etheldreda Laing)
his daughter Christina - c. 1913 (Mervyn O'Gorman)
On another note, we have a sad little five-year-old this week as he broke his arm on Monday. I got that phone call from school that all parents dread. We're settling in to the idea that there will be no swimming or soccer for the next few weeks. I envision us learning to play chess on a sunny May afternoon...
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