[PHOTO REPORT] THE FIRST COLOR PICTURES OF FRANCE


Colour photography was already well advanced in the late 19th century, but was prohibitively expensive. Around 1890 the Swiss company Orell Füssli developed the photochromy: the manual colouring of black and white negatives and printing by means of lithography stones. Photoshopping avant la lettre, a technique that became well known by the American Detroit Photographic Company, which produced a large number of photochromic postcards around 1900. From the first colour photos of France, we made a selection of 22 beautiful photochromic prints of cities and tourist attractions, from Calais to Marseille. 

1. NICE, BLANCHISSEUSES

2. STRAND VAN BIARRITZ

3. BAYONNE

4. RUE NATIONALE - MONTPELLIER

5. PONT DES GORGES DU LOUP

6. PLACE DES THERMES - AIX-LES-BAINS

7. NOTRE-DAME CATHEDRAL - PARIS

8. CASINO IN CALAIS

9. FONTAINE DES TROIS GRACES - MONTPELLIER

10. EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE 1889 - PARIS

11. MONTBLANC

12. PARAME (NOW SAINT-MALO)

13. LA PASSERELLE DU STEIR - QUIMPER (BRETAGNE)

14. QUAI DE LA JOILLETTE - MARSEILLE

15. TOUR DU MONT-CHEVALIER - CANNES

16. TROUVILLE - NORMANDY

17. GARE LILLE-FLANDRE (LILLE)

18. PORTE DES ALLEMANDS - METZ

19. CAEN

20. MUSEE DE CLUNY - PARIS

21. CLERMONT-FERRAND (AUVERGNE)

© TEXT - DICHTBIJ & VER WEG 2017

[PHOTO REPORT] THE FIRST COLOR PICTURES OF FRANCE

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