Sunday, 11 December 2011

George Eastman - Amazing Vintage Coloured Photographs...


George Eastman





On September 4th, 1888, 122 years ago, George Eastman applied for a camera patent. It wasn’t the first camera, but it was the first portable film camera.

























George Eastman House has significant holdings of autochromes, including over 3900 examples by amateur photographer Charles Zoller of Rochester, New York. The museum also holds autochromes by Edward Steichen among others.








Woman in Oriental inspired gown, sitting in wooden throne, 1915


Costumed man examining jewelry, ca. 1910



Woman posed as Sphinx, ca. 1910


Genre scene, woman in kitchen peeling vegetables, ca. 1910



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