This week died one of the best photographers of the 20th century, a master who reached abstraction through color before than anyone in the medium.
“In order to build a career and to be successful, one has to be determined. One has to be ambitious. I much prefer to drink coffee, listen to music and to paint when I feel like it.”-Saul Leiter
Mervyn O'Gorman :: Christina O'Gorman (standing) in the garden leaning on wall with what seems to be a Chinese Wisteria, ca. 1913. Lumière Autochrome. | src CNN & Flickr
Mervyn O’Gorman :: Christina in a garden surrounded by foliage and flowers, April 17th, 1912. The location for this photograph is not known but may possibly be the gardens of Rempstone Hall near Corfe Castle in Dorset. Lumière Autochrome. | src Flickr
Mervyn O’Gorman :: A portrait of Christina, gazing thoughtfully into an ornamental pond. The location for this photograph is not known but may possibly be the gardens of Rempstone Hall near Corfe Castle in Dorset. April 17th, 1912. Lumière Autochrome. | src Flickr
[Femme avec chapeau, assise dans l’herbe] (top)[Une femme assise dans l’herbe, lisant] (middle) [Femme avec chapeau, assise dans l’herbe] (bottom). Autochromes par Charles Adrien, entre 1907 et 1930. Plaques de verre Autochrome. | src Société française de photographie
Helen Messinger Murdoch :: Brides’ Costume, Darjeeling, ca. 1914. Autochrome. | src V&A Museum Autochrome depicting a young woman in traditional bridal wear in Darjeeling. Interior scene with the subject stood against a wallpapered wall, a window covered with a net curtain is on the left of the image.
Roger Dumas :: Le Torii marin de l’ Isukushima-jinja au crépuscule, Itsukushima [Sanctuaire], Japon, 1926-1927 [src] Roger Dumas :: Le Torii marin de l’ Isukushima-jinja, Itsukushima [Sanctuaire], Japon, 1926-1927 [src] 5 Plaques de verre Autochrome. Archives de la Planète. | src Musée Albert Kahn
Roger Dumas :: Portrait d'une jeune femme coiffée du tenugui, Japon, 1926-1927. Autochrome. Archives de la Planète. | src Musée Albert Kahn
Roger Dumas :: Asama-onsen (Jeunes employées de l’ auberge), environs de Matsumoto, Japon, 1926-1927. Autochrome. Archives de la Planète. | src Musée Albert Kahn
Roger Dumas :: Environs du village de Yamanakako, Japon. Le lac Yamanaka (Yamanaka-ko) et le mont Fuji (Fuji-san), 1926-1927. Autochromes. Archives de la Planète. | src Musée Albert Kahn
Charles Adrien :: [Étude de nu], 1907-1930. Plaque de verre Autochrome. (src) Georges Balagny :: [Femme assise sur un sofa, voile rouge sur la tête]. Plaque de verre Autochrome. (src) Paul Bergon :: [Femme posant les seins dénudés], 1907-1912. Plaque de verre Autochrome. (src) Paul Bergon :: [Femme posant, allongée devant un fenêtre, les seins nus], 1907-1912. Plaque de verre Autochrome. (src) Images en ligne de la Société française de photographie
