Autochrome

Autochromes 1914-1918 exhibit, Arc d'Triumph, Paris, 3/18/05.

1903 - Dec. 17 the Lumiere brothers Louis and Auguste patented the autochrome process, but did not reveal it until May 30, 1904.

1907 - Autochrome plates became available for sale; each plate was a unique positive image and could not be printed or duplicated.

1912 - G. S. Whitfield in Britain patented the Paget color system that used a color screen plate and was marketed by the Paget Prize Plate Company.

1914 - Jean-Baptiste Tournassoud in the French army began making thousands of plates, became director of the Army Photographic and Cinematographic Service.

1915 - Jules Gervais Courtellemont made autochrome plates of the Battles of the Marne and Verdun.

Links:

• Lumiere Institute > Lumiere Museum > Autochromes
• Jean-Baptiste Tournassoud, Phtographer (1866-1951)
• Captured in Color exhibit from Australian War Memorial, with autochromes by Jules Gervais Courtellemont
• Great War In a Different Light > War in Color > Marne > Verdun

Sources:

• Wood, John. The Art of the Autochrome: the Birth of Color Photography. Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 1993. 185 p.
• Tournassoud, Jean Baptiste. War's Glorious Art. London: Quarto Publishing Ltd, 1978, English version of l'Album-Photo de la Grande Guerre. (Elsevier, Brussells)

   

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