Citoyen MRNov 25, 2022

This is one of my favorite pictures. It feels like it was taken yesterday… but it was taken in a Paris public garden nearly a hundred years ago. Everything feels modern: the composition, the casualness, the daring clothes, haircuts, and accessories.

The colors are original: this is an #autochrome, using the first process for color #photography invented by the Lumière brothers in 1903.

The women are unknown, but I can't help wondering how they fared a few years later in nazi-occupied Paris.

Show threadSylvain MAILLERNov 25, 2022
@citoyen Super photo, est-ce qu'on connaît la date et l'auteur ?
Show threadCitoyen MRNov 25, 2022
@s_mailler -> https://www.museeniepce.com/index.php?/collections/la-vie-des-collections/Acquisitions
Certains disent dans les commentaires qu'il s'agit de Zucca, pendant l'occupation, mais ce n'est pas ce que dit le musée Niepce.
musée Nicéphore Niépce - Acquisitions

Show threadSylvain MAILLER
@citoyen "Autochrome, Anonyme, Paris, vers 1930", effectivement. Il y a une longue et intéressante description de la photo aussi (enfin, de l'autochrome, pardon...)
Nov 25, 2022 at 4:25pmWeb