from the first world war
http://www.worldwaronecolorphotos.com/h ... i_h_0.html
i did not realize they had the tech back then.
http://www.worldwaronecolorphotos.com/h ... i_h_0.html
i did not realize they had the tech back then.
color photographs
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jaetee
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Thanks for posting this, Bill. What a huge difference it is looking at these shots in color versus B/W.
I feel like B/W is more of an artistic presentation tool nowadays, and when you look at old war photos in B/W it is much easier for the viewer to have a sense of disconnection. Because, although you're seeing a moment in time that did actully happen, the B/W aspect disconnects it a bit from reality because of the missing colors. Somehow, it makes it a bit more bearable to see the nastier side of humanity that way. Well, for me at least....
But, looking at these early color pics I feel much more connected to them and can relate better. I.e. "if I had been there, this is pretty much as I would have seen it." Plus, having lived in Europe for 17 years myself, I have seen many of those "tudor" style wooden frame houses in various states of disrepair myself. Somehow, these pics don't "feel" like they are 100 years old.
As I'm sitting here typing this, I wonder if wars would be fought differently if early newspapers had access to color photos and printing, and didn't hold back and showed the real carnage and human destruction???
Anyway, thanks again for sharing that...
I feel like B/W is more of an artistic presentation tool nowadays, and when you look at old war photos in B/W it is much easier for the viewer to have a sense of disconnection. Because, although you're seeing a moment in time that did actully happen, the B/W aspect disconnects it a bit from reality because of the missing colors. Somehow, it makes it a bit more bearable to see the nastier side of humanity that way. Well, for me at least....
But, looking at these early color pics I feel much more connected to them and can relate better. I.e. "if I had been there, this is pretty much as I would have seen it." Plus, having lived in Europe for 17 years myself, I have seen many of those "tudor" style wooden frame houses in various states of disrepair myself. Somehow, these pics don't "feel" like they are 100 years old.
As I'm sitting here typing this, I wonder if wars would be fought differently if early newspapers had access to color photos and printing, and didn't hold back and showed the real carnage and human destruction???
Anyway, thanks again for sharing that...
it always amazes me the information that comes out after the fact.
i think photography during this time must have been one of the biggest breakthroughs in intelligence gathering back then.
color photography at this time just blows my mind.
i can remember the first time i saw color photographs of ww2 as a boy and all of a sudden war didnt look so cool anymore.
so yeah
i think they are pretty cool pictures.
i think photography during this time must have been one of the biggest breakthroughs in intelligence gathering back then.
color photography at this time just blows my mind.
i can remember the first time i saw color photographs of ww2 as a boy and all of a sudden war didnt look so cool anymore.
so yeah
i think they are pretty cool pictures.
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I remember watching a programme a while ago about technology, and they mentioned black & while photographs. They said that black & white film does contain the colour 'information', but back then they had no way of seeing or printing it. Nowadays however, special technology allows people (with plenty of money I guess) to get that colour information out of old black & while film.
these pictures were printed in color at the time they were taken
i do not know of any technology that enables a black and white negative to record any kind of color information.
thats pretty cool tho if it is there. do you remember the program this was in i would like to see that.
i do not know of any technology that enables a black and white negative to record any kind of color information.
thats pretty cool tho if it is there. do you remember the program this was in i would like to see that.
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