Category: Autochrome, autochrome process, Lumière Autochrome

Snowdrops autochromes, ca. 1910

Hugh C. Knowles :: Flowers in a field, ca. 1910. Autochrome. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Flowers in a field, ca. 1910. Autochrome. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Snowdrops (top) · Garden study (bottom), England, ca. 1910. Autochromes. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Snowdrops (top) · Garden study (bottom), England, ca. 1910. Autochromes. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Flower studies, England, ca. 1910. Autochromes. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Flower studies, England, ca. 1910. Autochromes. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A Museum

Stieglitz by Stieglitz

Alfred Stieglitz (1864 – 1946) :: Untitled [Kitty Stieglitz], 1907; Autochrome. | src The J. Paul Getty museum
Alfred Stieglitz made this portrait of his eight-year-old daughter Katherine (Kitty) while on vacation in Europe. Kitty sits on a park bench, clutching a bouquet of vibrant purple blossoms in one hand and holding a butterfly net in the other. (quoted from source)
Alfred Stieglitz · Mrs. Selma Schubart [Selma Stieglitz Schubart wearing Fortuny gown], 1907 Autochrome. | src The Met
Alfred Stieglitz · Mrs. Selma Schubart [Selma Stieglitz Schubart wearing Fortuny gown], 1907. Autochrome. | src The Met

The subject of the photograph above is Stieglitz’s flamboyant youngest sister, Selma, wearing a Fortuny dress. Authorship of the image is uncertain: this plate was donated by Georgia O’Keeffe to the Metropolitan in 1955 as a work by Stieglitz; a nearly identical plate was donated to George Eastman House in 2001 by Edward Steichen’s widow as a work by her husband. [image below]

Edward Steichen · [Selma Stieglitz Schubart wearing Fortuny gown]; 1907–1909. Color transparency. | src Eastman Museum

Ralph Lindequist Wilson autokrom

Ralph Lindequist Wilson :: Uten tittel. Trolig 1910-årene. Autokrom. Billedsamlingen, UB Bergen. | src Universitetet i Bergen
“Wilson’s autochrome photograph of a simple bouquet of hand-picked wildflowers in a ceramic vase is a delicate and beautiful example of a classic Still Life. The photograph is also a fine example of experimentation with the aesthetic expression: the bouquet is in sharp focus, but all other parts are blurred and more diffuse.” (quoted from source)
Ralph L. Wilson :: Uten tittel. Dato ukjent. Trolig 1920 – 1930-årene. Autokrom. Billedsamlingen, UB Bergen. | src Universitetet i Bergen
Ralph L. Wilson :: Untitled. Probably between 1920s – 1930s. Autochrome. Billedsamlingen, UB Bergen. | src Universitetet i Bergen
Ralph L. Wilson :: Untitled. Probably between 1920s – 1930s. Autochrome. Billedsamlingen, UB Bergen | src Universitetet i Bergen

Charles R. Brown autochromes

Charles R. Brown :: Nasturtiums vase på et bord nær en gardin. Autokrom. | Nasturtium vase on a table near a curtain. Autochrome. ca. 1907 – 1937 | src Preus museum
Charles R. Brown :: Seks hvite fasanøyne narcissus. Autokrom. | Six white pheasant eyes narcissus. Autochrome. ca. 1907 – 1937 | src Preus museum
Charles R. Brown :: En gren av rød nyperose. Autokrom. | A branch of red Rambler Rose. Autochrome. ca. 1907 – 1937 | src Preus museum
Charles R. Brown :: Blodrips blomsterplant. Autokrom. | Currant flower. Autochrome. ca. 1907 – 1937 | src Preus museum

Pavots (Poppies), vers 1930

André Chapon :: Pavots (Poppies), vers 1930. Plaque autochrome (9 x 12 cm). | src Musée suisse de l’appareil photographique
André Chapon :: De nationalité française, André Chapon, né en 1896, s’est établi à Lausanne à la fin des années 1960. Ce photographe amateur au sens noble du terme est l’auteur de paysages, de natures mortes, et d’études d’éléments végétaux, domaine qui le passionnait particulièrement. Résidant à Blois, il était membre actif de l’Amical Photo de cette ville. (quoted from source)

Poppies and figs, ca. 1910

Hugh C. Knowles :: Poppies [detail]. Autochrome. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Poppies [detail]. Autochrome. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Poppies (top) | Poppies and figs (bottom), ca. 1910. Autochrome. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Poppies (top) | Poppies and figs (bottom), ca. 1910. Autochrome. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A Museum

Femme au jardin en fleurs, 1911

Julien Gérardin :: Femme au jardin en fleurs, 31-07-1911. Autochrome. | src Collection Julien Gérardin à l’ENSAD
Julien Gérardin :: Femme au jardin en fleurs, 31-07-1911. Autochrome. | src Collection Julien Gérardin à l’ENSAD
Julien Gérardin :: Femme au jardin en fleurs, 31-07-1911. Autochrome. | src Collection Julien Gérardin à l’ENSAD
Julien Gérardin :: Femme au jardin en fleurs, 31-07-1911. Autochrome. | src Collection Julien Gérardin à l’ENSAD

Waterlilies autochromes, ca. 1910

Hugh C. Knowles :: Water lilies, ca. 1910. Autochrome. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Water lilies, ca. 1910. Autochrome. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Water lilies, ca. 1910. Autochrome. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Water lilies, ca. 1910. Autochrome. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A Museum

Butterflies by Hugh Knowles

Hugh C. Knowles :: Butterfly, ca. 1910. Autochrome. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Butterfly, ca. 1910. Autochrome. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Butterfly, ca. 1910. Autochrome. [full plate] | src V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Butterfly, ca. 1910. Autochrome. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Butterfly, ca. 1910. Autochrome. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Butterfly, ca. 1910. Autochrome. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Butterfly, ca. 1910. Autochrome. [full plate] | src V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Butterfly, ca. 1910. Autochrome. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Butterfly, ca. 1910. Autochrome. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Butterfly, ca. 1910. Autochrome. [full plate] | src V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Butterfly, ca. 1910. Autochrome. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Butterfly, ca. 1910. Autochrome. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Butterfly, ca. 1910. Autochrome. [full plate] | src V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Butterfly, ca. 1910. Autochrome. [full plate] | src V&A Museum

Notice: the Autocromes not labelled “full plate” had been cropped and slightly enhanced, but respecting their original colors and color distortions [due to oldness and/or conservation, or lack of] as they were found on source.

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Seascapes (autochrome), ca. 1910

Hugh C. Knowles :: Seaside view, ca. 1910. Autochrome. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Seaside view, ca. 1910. Autochrome. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Seaside view, ca. 1910. Autochrome. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Seascape, ca. 1910. Autochrome. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Seascape, ca. 1910. Autochrome. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Four Seaside studies, ca. 1910. Autochromes. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Seaside study, ca. 1910. Autochrome. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A Museum