"Autochrome - Floral Composition - Circa 1910"
Very beautiful autochrome of a floral composition circa 1910 Format 6.5 x 9 cm "This is not a snapshot, but the reproduction of a frozen and composed moment, illuminated by an impression, a sensation of color generated by multiple touches of pigments modeled by the brush of light" Institut Lumière Filed as a patent in 1903 but unveiled at the Academy of Sciences in 1904, the Autochrome Lumière plate, invented by Louis Lumière, is the first color photography process. The secret of this invention lies in the use of tinted potato starch, allowing the light to be captured and filtered.
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