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The Dawn Of The Color Photograph: Albert Kahn'S Archives Of The Planet
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In 1909 The French Banker And Philanthropist Albert Kahn Launched A Monumentally Ambitious Project: To Produce A Color Photographic Record Of Human Life On Earth. An Internationalist And Pacifist, Kahn Believed That He Could Use The New Autochromethe World'S First Portable, Truecolor Photographic Processto Create A Global Photographic Archive That Would Promote Crosscultural Understanding And Peace. Over The Next Twenty Years, He Sent A Group Of Photographers To More Than Fifty Countries Around The World, Amassing More Than 72,000 Images. Until Recently His Collection Was All But Forgotten. Now, A Century After He Began His Archives Of The Planet Project, This Bookrichly Illustrated In Color Throughoutand The Bbc Series It Follows Are Bringing Kahn'S Dazzling Early Twentiethcentury Pictures To A Wide Audience For The First Time, And Putting Color Into What We Usually Think Of As A Monochrome World.Kahn'S Photographers Captured Times, Places, And People We Simply Do Not Expect To See In Color Photographs. They Documented Ageold Cultures On The Brink Of Being Changed Forever By War, Modernization, And Westernization, Recording The Last Years Of Ireland'S Traditional Celtic Villages And The Late Days Of The Austrohungarian And Ottoman Empires. They Photographed First World War Soldiers In Their Trenches As Well As The Postwar Celebrations In London. In The Course Of Their Travels, They Also Took The Earliest Color Photographs In Countries As Varied As Vietnam And Brazil, Mongolia And Norway, Benin And The United States.After Being Financially Ruined In The Great Depression, Kahn Was Forced To Bring His Project To A Premature End, But Today His Collection Of Early Color Photographs Is Recognized As One Of The World'S Most Important. The Dawn Of The Color Photograph Makes It Easy To See Why.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Q: What is the main theme of 'The Dawn of the Color Photograph'? A: The book focuses on Albert Kahn's project to create a color photographic archive of human life on Earth, emphasizing cross-cultural understanding and peace through photography.
- Q: Who is the author of this book? A: The author of 'The Dawn of the Color Photograph' is David Okuefuna.
- Q: What type of binding does this book have? A: This edition of the book is bound in hardcover.
- Q: How many pages are in 'The Dawn of the Color Photograph'? A: The book contains a total of 336 pages.
- Q: When was 'The Dawn of the Color Photograph' published? A: The book was published on November 2, 2008.
- Q: What condition is the used book in? A: The used book is described as being in good condition.
- Q: What kind of photographs does the book feature? A: The book features early color photographs documenting various cultures and significant historical events from over fifty countries.
- Q: Is this book part of a series? A: Yes, 'The Dawn of the Color Photograph' is accompanied by a BBC series that highlights Kahn's photographic work.
- Q: What is the significance of Albert Kahn's photographic collection? A: Kahn's collection is recognized as one of the world's most important archives of early color photography, capturing cultures and moments that were on the brink of change.
- Q: What edition of the book is available? A: This listing is for the first edition of 'The Dawn of the Color Photograph'.