Autochrome

a: An autochrome ~
b: a stained-glass window

What: "It yielded a grainy, positive image of muted pastels on a glass plate: a stained-glass window of the recent past". Check out the link. I demonstrates what these early color photographs actually look like at a whole. On a microscopic level, the autochrome "is like looking at a pointillist painting, a miniature Georges Seurat."

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Writer: STEPHEN CROWLEY
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Date: Oct 18 2010 3:30 AM


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