HISTORY DOCUMENTARY: A Vision of The World ... Edwardian Style In 1907, the Lumière Brothers unveiled their latest invention to the public. It was called the autochrome, the world's first practical system for taking true colour photographs. Flabbergasted by this amazing technological development, French financier Albert Kahn resolved to undertake what would become one of the most ambitious projects in the history of photography. For the next two decades, Kahn spent much of his vast personal fortune on the creation of what he called "a photographic inventory of the planet as it is inhabited and managed by humanity at the beginning of the 20th century"... (Click to continue reading) The Edwardians in Colour showing on BBC 4 at 9:00pm  0 comments
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