The site Paris1914 meets a series of beautiful pictures of Paris in color 1907 to 1930.

"Surprisingly, it may he seem, there are many pictures of Paris taken direct color between 1907 and about 1930. The Autochrome process was developed by the Lumière brothers in 1903. The technique was based on a black and white composite emulsion passed through a series of color filters (red, blue and green) designed based on potato starch. The presence of these filters reduced the sensitivity of the emulsion, where the length of the pause required and the difficulty of capturing the movement. The first shots were carried out in Morocco in 1907. The process achieved success such as the Enlightenment plants produced up to 6000 plates per day! This technique was abandoned in 1935 in favor of the Kodachrome process and Agfachrome the following year. The banker Albert Kahn, eager to leave an imprint of the period, sent photographers on five continents to create the "Archives of the Planet". Its foundation is now a base of approximately 72,000 Autochrome. "

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