| Posted by FSWood on May 28, 2018 | |
I don't understand the condition of having to be in black and white to be WW2 era: there are a number of 1942 and 1943 railroad subject Kodachromes by a Jack Delano.
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FSwood... Ardent railfans might know this, but not so the general public. Even to this day, I still find it slightly odd seeing WWII photos in color. I know there were plenty of color WWII photos, but our eyes are so much more used to B&W from that time period, therefor, its much easier to accept. For giggles I might process this in lightroom to appear like kodachrome now.
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| Posted by FSWood on May 28, 2018 | |
It would be interesting to see the image 'Kodachrome-ized'. I was in to WW2 history before I was in to railroads and it was there that I learned of Delano's color work; he was a photographer for the government. He is known for depression era B&W work. Here is a bit about him from 1997 obituary, https://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/15/arts/jack-delano-83-depicted-the-depression.html
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| Posted by FSWood on May 28, 2018 | |
Okay, found a reference for early color photography; one of those things which I know of, rather than know. Even if just as trivia, it might be of interest how far back color photography was experimented with. "In 1886, physicist and inventor Gabriel Lippmann used his knowledge of physics to create what we can consider the first color photograph without the aid of any pigments or dyes. Lippmann tapped into a phenomenon known as interference, which has to do with the propagation of waves. By 1906, Lippmann had presented his process along with color images of a parrot, a bowl of oranges, a group of flags, and a stained glass window. The discovery won him the Nobel Prize in Physics."
https://petapixel.com/2015/10/11/a-brief-history-of-color-photography-from-dream-to-reality/
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