100-year photo shoot is the oldest of all the surviving colour photographs

100-year photo shoot is the oldest of all the surviving colour photographs

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English engineer and photographer Mervyn O'gorman (Mervyn O'gorman) (1871-1958) was a pioneer of color photography. Mervin was 42 when he decided to capture in colour photo shoot of their daughter Christina in 1913.

100-year photo shoot is the oldest of all the surviving colour photographs

100-year photo shoot is the oldest of all the surviving colour photographs

To create these photographs Mervyn used a technique called Autochrome, allowing you to make colored photos and patented by the French lumière brothers in 1903.

100-year photo shoot is the oldest of all the surviving colour photographs

Mervyn O'gorman took a photo of his daughter Christina on the beaches of southern England.

100-year photo shoot is the oldest of all the surviving colour photographs

The photos in this series were recognized as the oldest surviving color photos.

100-year photo shoot is the oldest of all the surviving colour photographs

In 2016, these photos turned 103 years old.

100-year photo shoot is the oldest of all the surviving colour photographs

Father specifically asked for Christina to wear clothes of bright red colors, because bright colors are best shown on photographs taken in the technique of Autochrome.

100-year photo shoot is the oldest of all the surviving colour photographs

In the Autochrome technique using a special glass plate, coated with potato starch and colorant.

100-year photo shoot is the oldest of all the surviving colour photographs

Mervyn died in 1958.

100-year photo shoot is the oldest of all the surviving colour photographs

How did the lives of Christina, is still unknown.

Keywords: UK | Daughter | Photographer | Photo shoot | Color photo

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