The Dawn of Colour - Celebrating the Centenary of the Autochrome

Colour Develpment

Alvin Langdon Coburn

Alvin Langdon Coburn
(1882-1966)

Henry Essenhigh Corke

Henry Essenhigh Corke
(1883-1919)

Etheldreda Janet Laing

Etheldreda Janet Laing
(1872-1960)

Helen Messinger Murdoch
Helen Messinger Murdoch
(1862-1956)
Friedrich Adolf Paneth

Friedrich Adolf Paneth
(1887-1958)

Mervyn Joseph Pius O'Gorman

Mervyn Joseph Pius O'Gorman
(1871-1958)

John Cimon Warburg

John Cimon Warburg
(1867-1931)

Anon

Anon...

The National Media Museum is home to over 3,000 Autochromes, the majority of which are part of The Royal Photographic Society Collection. They include the work of famous photographers as well as examples by anonymous amateurs and cover a wide range of applications - portraiture, still-life, travel and documentary photography. On this website you can see a small selection.

 

 

To find out more about the Museum's extensive collection visit Insight: The Collections and Research Centre