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An amazing collection of true-colour photographs from the early 20th century In 1909 the millionaire French banker and philanthropist Albert Kahn embarked on an ambitious project to create a colour photographic record of, and for, the peoples of the world. As an idealist and an internationalist, Kahn believed that he could use the new Autochrome process, the world's first user-friendly, true-colour photographic system, to promote cross-cultural peace and understanding. Until recently, Kahn's huge collection of 72,000 Autochromes remained relatively unheard of. Now, a century after he launched his project, this photography book and the BBC TV series it accompanies are bringing these dazzling historical photos to a mass audience for the first time and putting colour into what we tend to think of as an entirely monochrome age. Kahn sent photographers to more than 50 countries, often at crucial junctures in their history, when age-old cultures were on the brink of being changed for ever by war and the march of 20th-century globalisation. They documented in true colour the collapse of the Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian empires, the last traditional Celtic villages in Ireland, and the soldiers of the First World War. They took the earliest known colour photographs in countries as far apart as Vietnam and Brazil, Mongolia and Norway, Benin and the United States. In 1929 the Wall Street Crash forced Kahn to bring his project to an end. He died in 1940, but left behind the most important collection of early colour photographs in the world.

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Ebury Publishing
ISBN-13
9781846074585
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92071877

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Author
David Okuefuna
Publication Name
The Wonderful World of Albert Kahn
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
2008
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Textbook
Number of Pages
336 Pages

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247mm
Item Width
242mm
Item Weight
1777g

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David Okuefuna
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United Kingdom

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by graeme497429 Jan, 2020
A Lost World.
A beautiful, amazing book, with a record of a lost age, capturing the real colours of life, and sometimes death, in the early 20th century.
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by marusk8806 Dec, 2017
Great book. Truly piece of history!
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by silverfoxoh6913 Mar, 2024
A must have for any avid photographer
A must have book for any photographer who values historical colour Photography. The book contains images from all over the world at the dawn of change.
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