Joseph Jachna

Joseph Jachna - Untitled, c. 1960s - copyright   Joseph Jachna
Joseph Jachna – Untitled, c. 1960s – copyright Joseph Jachna

Joseph Jachna Bio

Cody Cobb

Cody Cobb - from the series
Cody Cobb – from the series “Sierra” – Copyright Cody Cobb

Cody Cobb sito ufficiale

Olive Cotton

Olive Cotton - Two Girls (Portrait of Olive Cotton and Jean Laurraine), 1939 - © Images are copyright of their respective owners, assignees or others
Olive Cotton – Two Girls (Portrait of Olive Cotton and Jean Laurraine), 1939 – © Images are copyright of their respective owners, assignees or others

Olive Cotton Bio

Charles Swedlund

Charles Swedlund – Buffalo, NY, about 1970 - Copyright Charles Swedlund
Charles Swedlund – Buffalo, NY, about 1970 – Copyright Charles Swedlund

Charles Swedlund

William Henry Jackson (1843 – 1942)

William Henry Jackson -  View of Tower of Babel, Garden of the Gods. Colorado Springs, n.d. (1879-1897)
William Henry Jackson – View of Tower of Babel, Garden of the Gods. Colorado Springs, n.d. (1879-1897)

William Henry Jackson

William H. Bell (1830-1910)

William H. Bell (1830-1910)  Percher Rock, Rocker Creek, Arizona, 1872
William H. Bell (1830-1910) Percher Rock, Rocker Creek, Arizona, 1872

William H. Bell

Shan Feiming

Shan Feiming, Waking from Hibernation No.2, 2012 - Copyright Shan Feiming
Shan Feiming, Waking from Hibernation No.2, 2012 – Copyright Shan Feiming

Il sito ufficiale di Shan Feiming

Bruce Davidson

Bruce Davidson - Central Park, New York City, 1960 - Copyright Bruce Davidson
Bruce Davidson – Central Park, New York City, 1960 – Copyright Bruce Davidson

Bruce Davidson

Mervyn O’Gorman

Christina by Lieutenant Colonel Mervyn O’Gorman 1912-13 © Royal Photographic Society/ National Media Museum.
Christina by the boat – Lieutenant Colonel Mervyn O’Gorman 1912-13 © Royal Photographic Society/ National Media Museum.

Solo recentemente ho scoperto l’esistenza di queste bellissime fotografie realizzare da Mervyn O’Gorman nel lontano 1913.
Per il loro aspetto moderno e per la purezza dei colori sembra impossibile che su di esse possa gravare il peso temporale di oltre un secolo.
O’Gorman, un ingegnere aeronautico inglese, volle ritrarre sua figlia Christina, con il semplice scopo di conservare il ricordo di quei momenti. Il luogo delle riprese fu la piccola baia di Lulworth, nel Dorset. La tecnica usata, il procedimento Autochrome dei fratelli Lumiere, inventato pochi anni prima.

Portrait of Christina wearing a red cloak c.1913. Autochrome by Lieutenant Colonel Mervyn O’Gorman © Royal Photographic Society/ National Media Museum
Portrait of Christina wearing a red cloak c.1913. Autochrome by Lieutenant Colonel Mervyn O’Gorman © Royal Photographic Society/ National Media Museum
Christina by Lieutenant Colonel Mervyn O’Gorman © Royal Photographic Society/ National Media Museum.
Christina walking on the beach, c. 1913 by Lieutenant Colonel Mervyn O’Gorman © Royal Photographic Society/ National Media Museum.

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