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.

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Is it known who took the picture and if they did more?
It is a very suprising picture for that time period

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According to Nicéphore Niépce Museum's website, the picture was taken c. 1930 (you have to scroll down : https://www.museeniepce.com/index.php?/collections/la-vie-des-collections/Acquisitions).

The photographer remains unknown.

"They are dressed in a bold way" comments the Museum who owns this #autochrome.

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musée Nicéphore Niépce - Acquisitions

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@jeanneavelo @AuriBlackCat @citoyen Thanks for that link to such a GREAT site.
Nov 26, 2022 at 5:06amWeb