The wonderful world of Albert Kahn : colour photographs from a lost age
by
Okuefuna, David.
Title
:
The wonderful world of Albert Kahn : colour photographs from a lost age
Author
:
Okuefuna, David.
ISBN
:
9781846074585
Personal Author
:
Okuefuna, David.
Publication Information
:
London : BBC, ©2008.
Physical Description
:
335 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
General Note
:
TV tie-in.
Contents
:
Introduction -- Western Europe -- The Americas -- The Balkans -- The First World War -- The Far East -- Indochina -- The Middle East -- Africa -- Portraits -- Appendix 1. The autochrome process -- Appendix 2: Albert Kahn: the man and his legacy.
Abstract
:
Until recently, Albert Kahn's huge collection of 72,000 Autochromes remained relatively unheard of. This book and the BBC TV series it accompanies bring these pictures to a mass audience and put colour into what is thought of as an entirely monochrome age.
Personal Subject
:
Kahn, Albert, 1860-1940-Photograph collections.
Kahn-Albert-1860-1940-Photograph collections.
Kahn, Albert, 1860-1940. (OCoLC)fst00030631
Kahn, Albert, 1860-1940-fotosamlingar.
Subject Term
:
Photograph collections.
Civilization, Modern -- 20th century -- Pictorial works.
Photography, Artistic.
Documentary photography.
Color photography -- Autochrome process -- History -- 20th century.
Civilization, Modern. (OCoLC)fst00863073
Color photography -- Autochrome process. (OCoLC)fst00868597
Documentary photography. (OCoLC)fst00896093
Photograph collections. (OCoLC)fst01061600
Photography, Artistic. (OCoLC)fst01061964
Fotografer.
Fotokonst -- historia -- 1910-talet.
Fotokonst -- historia -- 1920-talet.
Autokromfotografi.
Genre
:
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Pictorial works. (OCoLC)fst01423874
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy | Status |
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| VEGA Pretoria | General Books | 000009951 | 791.433 OKU | 1 | On-Shelf Student |