justincredible
Posts: 32,056
Aug 6, 2010 1:27pm
I always just thought things were actually black and white back then. Pretty cool to see some actual color photos from that era. These pictures are from 1939-1943. Kodak introduced color photos in 1935 but they are pretty rare to find.
http://gizmodo.com/5605061/unearthed-color-photos-from-depression+era-america-show-rare-glimpse-at-life
http://gizmodo.com/5605061/unearthed-color-photos-from-depression+era-america-show-rare-glimpse-at-life
justincredible
Posts: 32,056
Aug 6, 2010 1:28pm
One example:
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Nate
Posts: 3,949
Aug 6, 2010 1:30pm
Amazing.
justincredible
Posts: 32,056
Aug 6, 2010 1:31pm
The color is incredible for ~70 year old film.
-Society-
Posts: 1,348
Aug 6, 2010 1:35pm
Here is another example:
majorspark
Posts: 5,122
Aug 6, 2010 1:37pm
Its like going back in time.
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fan_from_texas
Posts: 2,693
Aug 6, 2010 1:40pm
That's amazing.
DeyDurkie5
Posts: 11,324
Aug 6, 2010 1:48pm
i just pre-cummed
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I Wear Pants
Posts: 16,223
Aug 6, 2010 1:58pm
The dynamic range is outstanding.
RedRider1
Posts: 3,850
Aug 6, 2010 2:00pm
Saw these about a week ago...the last one, the man that was covered in soot from working in a factory was an amazing photograph.
Love the old storefront picture where they would write the days' headlines on paper and post them for people on the street to read....how times have changed.
Love the old storefront picture where they would write the days' headlines on paper and post them for people on the street to read....how times have changed.
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SnotBubbles
Aug 6, 2010 2:20pm
Oldest know color photograph - 1872:
Source: http://www.worldisround.com/articles/2378/photo2.htmlBefore the Autochrome process was perfected in France, this photograph of a landscape in Southern France was taken. No, it is not hand-tinted. This is a color-photograph. (Note: It was published in a Time/Life Book entitled "Color" in 1972, "courtesey of George Eastman House, Paulus Lesser.") You are looking at the birth of color photography seven years after the American Civil War. 130 years ago this view of Angouleme, France, was created by a "subtractive" method. This is the basis for all color photography, even today. It was taken by Louis Ducos du Hauron who proposed the method in 1869. It was not until the 1930's that this method was perfected for commercial use.
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WebFire
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Aug 6, 2010 2:53pm
I Wear Pants;443781 wrote:The dynamic range is outstanding.
So you read the comments too?
zambrown
Posts: 1,093
Aug 6, 2010 3:42pm
Amazing. Such beautiful color, too.
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Steel Valley Football
Posts: 4,548
Aug 6, 2010 4:03pm
I saw that on Digg last week too and thought it was amazing. The best are the dam pictures, IMO.
justincredible
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Aug 6, 2010 4:07pm
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friendfromlowry
Posts: 6,239
Aug 6, 2010 6:33pm
Nice product placement in picture #6. damn karo syrup.
Wildcat24
Posts: 261
Aug 6, 2010 6:40pm
I love this picture from justin's link. Ohio's industrial cities have houses like this all over the place that are condemned or run down, it's surreal to see them in color when they were livable.
Wildcat24
Posts: 261
Aug 6, 2010 6:43pm
Also an awesome picture.
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I Wear Pants
Posts: 16,223
Aug 6, 2010 7:12pm
What?WebFire;443866 wrote:So you read the comments too?
No, I did a couple of projects in some of my classes where I made HDR( High Dynamic Range) photographs by merging several photos taken from the same vantage point with different white balance levels and then playing around with the exposure in Photoshop. These photos have a similar look in that the capture much of the color without looking washed out or fake.
Was there a comment that was the same?
justincredible
Posts: 32,056
Aug 6, 2010 7:14pm
I Wear Pants;444111 wrote: No, I did a couple of projects in some of my classes where I made HDR( High Dynamic Range) photographs by merging several photos taken from the same vantage point with different white balance levels and then playing around with the exposure in Photoshop. These photos have a similar look in that the capture much of the color without looking washed out or fake.
They do look like some of the better HDR photos I've seen.
End of Line
Posts: 6,867
Aug 7, 2010 1:57am
Amazing.
killdeer
Posts: 1,538
Aug 7, 2010 2:26am
that is always stunning...when we think of the past and get a chance to view a glimpse in colour....
to all of us in 2010, we believe everything prior to 1960 only existed in B&W.
also check out retronaut.com for more of these glimpses into the past.
to all of us in 2010, we believe everything prior to 1960 only existed in B&W.
also check out retronaut.com for more of these glimpses into the past.
believer
Posts: 8,153
Aug 7, 2010 2:14pm
Good stuff!
-Society-
Posts: 1,348
Aug 7, 2010 10:04pm
-Society-;443747 wrote:Here is another example:
Like it should be.
justincredible
Posts: 32,056
Aug 7, 2010 10:06pm
-Society-;445072 wrote:Like it should be.
Seriously? You're going to try and ruin a perfectly fine thread with this crap?