Bryn Norrie Hour 1 and 3 Why Color Film?
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Color Film Bryn Norrie Hour 1 and 3 Why Color Film? • When photography was first introduced people were amazed but confused – how could something capture the details of a scene so vividly but leave out the color? • Photographers and scientists T.R. Williams, Portrait of a soldier, 1855, worked hard to develop color hand-colored stereo daguerreotype film but the public wanted it as soon as possible J. Garnier, Portrait of a • Photographers wanted to give Girl, c. 1850, hand-colored people what they wanted and daguerreotype began to hand color photographs Who Invented Color Film? • The first practical and commercially successful color film camera was the Autochrome in 1907 Invented by Auguste and Brothers Auguste and Louis Lumiére Louis In the 1890s they had Lumiére created the earliest motion pictures we have They were the first to make color film easy and accessible to anyone The Autochrome • Patented in 1903 and marketed in 1907 • Involved glass plates, a backlight, soot, and potato starch • Camera of choice for color photography for about 30 years • Colors were grainy The Autochrome Camera The Kodachrome • Introduced in 1935 by the Kodak Company • Invented by Leopold Godowsky Jr. and Leopold Mannes • Popularity peaked in the 60s and 70s Afghan girl at Nasir Bagh refugee when people began to want to record camp, Steve McCurry, 1984 every memory they created • There are 3 emulsions sensitive to light that develop on a single frame Garden of the to create the iconic Kodachrome Gods, Chalmers colors Butterfield, ca. 1950s • The colors were bright and vivid, different from anything else available at the time Color Film Photography Today • Today color photography is the expectation Most newspapers are printed in color, for example • Digital photography has made taking color photos much easier No more need for developing photos or using multiple slides • More people take color photos • Unfortunately, the Kodachrome camera Close up color photo of grape on production has been stopped a grape vine However, photographers are excited to see what is next for color photography.