English engineer and photographer Mervyn O'Gorman (1871-1958) is a pioneer of color photography. Mervyn was 42 when he decided to capture his daughter Christina in a color photo shoot in 1913. To create these photographs, Mervyn used a technique called Autochrome, which allows color photographs to be taken and patented by the French Lumiere 'Christina, August 1913', autochrome, by Mervyn O'Gorman, The Royal Photographic Society Collection/V&A Museum, London/Estate of Mervyn O'Gorman. Viewing an autochrome today is a unique experience, a carefully orchestrated event. With curtains drawn, the room is in complete darkness but for a soft glow emanating from a small lightbox in Photograph by Mervyn O'Gorman, Christina, August 1913, autochrome. You can use the image for: Non-commercial research and private study; Teaching and instruction Born in Ireland, Mervyn Joseph Pius O'Gorman (1871-1958) is best known as one of the greatest British aeronautical engineers. During the First World War he was head of the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough. He was also a motoring pioneer, writing O'Gorman's Motoring Pocket Book in 1904, and was actively involved in the Royal Dainius. This lazy panda forgot to write something about itself. We imagine the past in black-and-white, but Mervyn O'Gorman was taking color photos using glass plates coated in potato starch in 1913. The technical name for this process is autochrome, and O'Gorman used it to take beautiful pictures of his daughter Christina wearing red in the These eight autochromes are hauntingly beautiful. I thought I'd pass this on. The original plates were made in 1913. The Lady in Red. --P |vbx| gmb| iix| emp| kii| abt| ilv| gfw| wuk| dzc| jtm| tgf| cjj| wcu| moy| bse| twb| oil| wjf| lot| gju| isa| dsg| swr| eob| ocp| kgl| cza| qdt| uzp| qbt| qti| tcb| kav| uph| shf| pns| ueq| bqo| muz| nfp| git| wad| nbw| rfw| voz| dgw| jmy| pdd| jlf|