Although I am obsessed with fairy tales, and though I love the fashion and romance of the medieval era, especially as seen through the lens of the 19th and early 20th century artists, if I had to hop into a time machine and go back to any era, it would be the Edwardian era.
Autochrome Lumiere made color photography more widely available than it had ever been before, providing a glimpse into life in the early 1900s.
These dreamy scenes were made by Belgian autochromist Charles Corbet (1868 – 1936). Taken mostly in or round 1910, the subtle colours, warm lighting and shadows make the images as fresh today as they must have looked back then. Charles Corbet (1868-1936), an accountant by trade, was married to Elisabeth De Bruyn. mother of … Continue reading "Photographing The Light: Belgian Accountant Charles Corbet’s Sublime Autochromes – c. 1910"
Although I am obsessed with fairy tales, and though I love the fashion and romance of the medieval era, especially as seen through the lens of the 19th and early 20th century artists, if I had to hop into a time machine and go back to any era, it would be the Edwardian era.
Entomology Department of the NHM. 2004. Many museums have habitat representations. Adaptation to historic surroundings and the visual linking of diorama and showcase, however, are unique. WETLANDS POND - LIFE IN HISTORIC SURROUNDINGS The idea for the diorama evolved quickly: an Austrian body of water was to be the counterpart of an Amazonian river landscape. The Danube meadows were an obvious choice, not just because of the number of species living there, but also because of their many connections to Vienna. Weeks of observation outdoors preceded the detailed planning. Aspirations were high: the diorama was to represent a snapshot of the actual happenings in nature as closely as possible. Insects as part of the food chain formed the starting point of the deliberations. Flies, gnats and water boatmen were positioned near the bank as potential prey for the well camouflaged pool frogs, but also in the rushes for tree frogs and reed warblers. The frogs have to find a safe place as soon as the grass snakes have finished sunbathing. Fire-bellied toads and common toads would probably escape successfully because of their unpleasant taste. Under water, great diving beetles scurry around, as do their larvae which – just like the various dragonfly larvae – are some of the most ravenous hunters in the wetlands pond. They share their habitat with fish and river snails, with common newts and Danube crested newts, and also with the pond turtle when he splashes into the water in search of food. The goal of the diorama is to enable visitors to discover the many interactions and mutual dependencies in an ecosystem. In order to smooth visitors’ mental journey back to the museum after an imaginary excursion to the Danube meadows, rushes and willows “grow” up over the display cabinets, creating a visual link to the rest of the exhibition hall.
As I delved into last Friday in my post about 12 ways I improved my life in 2012, this has been one the best years for Tony and I in our whole lives, and we are grateful beyond measure for this fact. 2012 was, over all, so terrific that I’m almost a tad leery to see the ball drop on it tonight. Part of me wants to linger a little longer, basking in the wonderfulness of the past twelve months and stretching it out as long as possible (a feeling I honestly can't recall ever having before - at least not as an adult). Time however, has other plans entirely, and whether I'm ready to wave buh-bye to 2012 or not, come tomorrow morning a brand new year will be upon us all. No matter what 2013 has up its sleeve, I know that one extremely lovely point will continue on into the new year, and that is all of you. Yes, you! Each and every single one of you has helped to contribute to this blog in your own way, by following it, commenting, emailing me, and sharing your own sites (and Pinterest accounts!) with me all year long. I've never been the type to have a million and one real world friends, but I'm blessed to say that I have made countless dear and wonderful friends through my blog and involvement with the online vintage community. You enrich my life, help inspire my wardrobe, share your knowledge, encourage and support me, are there to share the good times and the bad with, and help fuel my writing mojo on even the toughest of days. I cherish my readers and want you all to know that you helped contribute to why 2012 was such fabulous year that it was for me. Thank you very much for being a part of my world and in turn opening up yours to me. {Lovely vintage New Year's postcard via The Graphics Fairy} From the bottom of my heart I wish you each a New Year's celebration - and year ahead - that sparkles and abounds with unparalleled happiness, tons of great memories, excellent health, the utmost of success, and scores of incredible vintage finds!!!
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It looks like a carefully reconstructed retro shoot, but this is actually the 100-year-old family album of the pioneering amateur photographer Etheldreda Laing
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Maker: Born: France Active: France Medium: Autochrome Size: 3.5” x 4.5” Location: France Object No. 2011.486 Shelf: E-58 Publication: Other Collections: Provenance: Stereographics auction, No 21, Sept 28, 2009, lot 187 Notes: TBAL To view our archive organized by Collections, visit: OUR COLLECTIONS For information about reproducing this image, visit: THE HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY ARCHIVE
Belgian painter Alfonse Van Besten (1865-1926) embraced technology, utilising innovative color processes to transfer black and white photographs into vivid, at times lurid autochromes. The tableaux of his autochromes (a technology patented by the Lumière brothers in 1903 and the first colour photographic process developed on an industrial scale) are often bucolic and romantic. Demure ladies and … Continue reading "Alfonse Van Besten’s Dreamy Autochromes (1910-1915)"
George Goodwin Kilburne 1839-1924 Engeland
When you think of old photographs, you naturally think in terms of black and white, but as you can see from these stunning photographs from the turn of the 20th century, color photography has been around for a lot longer than you think. Before 1907, if you wanted a color photograph then you basically had to color it in using different dyes and pigments, but two French brothers called Auguste and Louis Lumière changed all that with a game-changing process that they called the Autochrome Lumière. Using dyed grains of potato starch and light-sensitive emulsion, they were able to produce vibrant photographs without the need for additional colorization. Despite being difficult to manufacture and also somewhat expensive, the process was very popular among amateur photographers. Scroll down for a collection of stunning century-old color photographs using their groundbreaking technique. Christina in red, 1913 Christina in red, 1913 Among the first colored pictures ever taken by Louis Lumière, 1907 Two girls picking Cornflowers, c.1912 Young girl amidst marguerites, c.1912 Young girl posing in Japanese kimono, c.1914 Sisters sitting in a garden tying roses together, 1911 Young girl in kimono, c.1914 c.1910 Daydreams, 1909 Woman and girl by a brook, 1910 Joan in red riding hood cape with basket, 1907 Woman smoking opium, 1915 Christina in red, 1913 Christina in red, 1913 A woman sits on an edge by a harbor where a freighter boat approaches, 1930 A young woman admires flowers in a Baden garden in Germany, 1928 Two women pick the state flower in a Laredo field Two girls in oriental costume, 1908 An Autochrome of two sisters, 1908 An Autochrome of Etheldreda Janet Laing daughter in a garden, 1908 Woman in floral silk robe, 1915 Girl with a parasol sitting on a bench, 1908 Younger girl stands beside her sister holding a pink parasol, 1908 Two girls at the gate, 1915 Three women in Japan, Kyoto, 1912 Autochrome of a young girl, 1910 Girl in a garden with hollyhocks, 1908 Innocence, c.1912 Young lady with a fan, c.1910 (via Bored Panda)
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Peter Ivanovich Vedenisov (1866-1937) was a professional pianist who graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in 1888. He was interested in local history, meteorology and photography. He realized the Autochromes from between 1909 and 1914, and took some of amazing color photographs of Russia by using this method at that time.
As a new exhibition of Cecil Beaton's photography opens at the National Portrait Gallery, we revisit a 1962 feature on Cecil Beaton's country house in Wiltshire, Redditch House.
Charles Bertrand d 'Entraygues 1851-1906 Frankrijk
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From their early beginnings in the Restoration until the final closure in Queen Victoria's reign, Vauxhall Gardens developed from a rural tavern and place of...
