Today, we take colour photography for granted. Yet, for many years colour photographs remained an elusive dream. One hundred years ago, the dream became a reality when the first fully practical method of colour photography appeared – the Autochrome process.
The Dawn of Colour celebrates centenary of the Autochrome and the birth of colour photography. It reveals the Edwardian world as you have probably never seen it before – in full, vibrant colour. The past isn’t always in black and white…
Click here to buy a copy of the book to accompany this exhibition, Colours of Another Age - The Autochromes of Lionel de Rothschild 1908-1912.
