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Sunflower1970
June 13th, 2007, 06:54 PM
This was just too cool:

http://www.oddee.com/item_66082.aspx

Earliest color photo from 1872. Then some from the early 20th century, including WWI all the way up to WWII.

I don't ever remember reading/or learning about color photography from that long ago in any of my art/photography/history classes.
matthinckley
June 13th, 2007, 07:03 PM
That's cool!
use a name
June 13th, 2007, 07:04 PM
It's amazing. I'm surprised by the quality of these photo's.
Dragonbite
June 13th, 2007, 08:23 PM
Definitely impressive, and brings history to life more than ever!
bailout
June 13th, 2007, 08:35 PM
I had seen the russian and WW1 ones before but not the first. More of the russian ones here;

http://www.pratyeka.org/prokudin-gorskii/
Sunflower1970
June 13th, 2007, 09:30 PM
*gasp* Those are gorgeous! The clothing of the people is so colorful! Not something I would have expected at all!

Thanks a million for that link, bailout :)
use a name
June 13th, 2007, 10:34 PM
Priceless...
insane_alien
June 13th, 2007, 11:28 PM
actually, its older than that. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colour_photograph

1861 was the first permanent colour photograph by james clerk maxwell.

there were some colour photos earlier but they either weren't permanent and faded to white or have been lost.
SoulinEther
June 14th, 2007, 01:12 AM
Wait, you mean, the world was in color back then? :O
Dragonbite
June 14th, 2007, 01:31 PM
*gasp* Those are gorgeous! The clothing of the people is so colorful! Not something I would have expected at all!

Thanks a million for that link, bailout :)
+1
I fully agree these are stunning! Really brings everything to life, especially the WWI pictures in the trench, that somehow really hit me as "these were real people"!
LaRoza
June 14th, 2007, 01:38 PM
There are colour pictures of the American Civil War, I saw them once.
mips
June 14th, 2007, 01:49 PM
There are colour pictures of the American Civil War, I saw them once.

Were they not coloured in by any chance ?
mips
June 14th, 2007, 01:55 PM
Apparently the oldest colour photgrap is by James Clerk Maxwell in 1861
http://ubuntuforums.org/newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=2837353
LaRoza
June 14th, 2007, 02:15 PM
Were they not coloured in by any chance ?

They were legitimate, I read an article about them. The color is not 32 bit, so to speak, but they are colour photos that used a similar process as later colour photographs.

They were from 1860s, after colour photographs were first made.
Detonate
June 14th, 2007, 02:48 PM
In the Russian photos I thought it was interesting that not one of the subjects is smiling. The photos are beautiful.
ThinkBuntu
June 14th, 2007, 03:05 PM
actually, its older than that. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colour_photograph

1861 was the first permanent colour photograph by james clerk maxwell.

there were some colour photos earlier but they either weren't permanent and faded to white or have been lost.
Just what I was about to post. I remember because it was a picture of the day a couple months ago.