The Dawn of Colour - Celebrating the Centenary of the Autochrome

Christina, 1913

A dramatic and comparatively unusual close-up portrait of O’Gorman’s daughter, Christina, taken on the beach at Lulworth Cove, Dorset in 1913. The large aperture setting has reduced the background to near abstraction and the lack of any obvious period references gives this image a remarkably modern feel.

 

 

The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the National Media Museum