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I love autochromes, there’s a grainy, a perfect “imperfection” in it. Very dreamy, pictorialist style. The Autochrome process, aka Lumière color process, Autochrome Lumière (etc.) is an additive color process using a color screen with an irregular pattern formed from dyed (colored) starch grains (from potato starch). The screen was coated on a glass plate and a panchromatic black-and-white emulsion coated on top of the screen. The image is exposed through the glass and viewed from the emulsion side. As the starch grain had been dyed in different colors, the grainy character of this precious prints is due to that… a flaw in the old process for some, a dreamy aura for me.
Glad you like them, as for me, they are magic images
Oh! That’s how autochrome is done! That makes so much sense. Thank you! I love them too and I didn’t even know they existed until I went on y’all’s blog. Y’all taught me something.☺️
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This is photography I didn’t know could exist back then, but I’m not surprised it does.
How did they get the lighting? Were LEDs invented or did they paint over lightbulbs? I wonder what their process is. And oh my is it inspiring?!
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I love autochromes, there’s a grainy, a perfect “imperfection” in it. Very dreamy, pictorialist style. The Autochrome process, aka Lumière color process, Autochrome Lumière (etc.) is an additive color process using a color screen with an irregular pattern formed from dyed (colored) starch grains (from potato starch). The screen was coated on a glass plate and a panchromatic black-and-white emulsion coated on top of the screen. The image is exposed through the glass and viewed from the emulsion side. As the starch grain had been dyed in different colors, the grainy character of this precious prints is due to that… a flaw in the old process for some, a dreamy aura for me.
Glad you like them, as for me, they are magic images
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Oh! That’s how autochrome is done! That makes so much sense. Thank you! I love them too and I didn’t even know they existed until I went on y’all’s blog. Y’all taught me something.☺️
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