Amazing collection of photographs from 1914 captures everyday life in Paris (Color)

The Daily Mail ^ | 11/22/2012 | Mario Ledwith

[mojito]

It is known as the City of Love, where couples flock to capture the magic of their romance.

But a set of gritty photographs almost 100-years-old captures a side of Paris that most people will never know existed.

The 1914 pictures, taken from a collection at the Albert Kahn Museum in Paris, paint a vivid picture of everyday life in the French capital.

[mojito]

Lovely photos of Paris on the eve of WW1.

[Hardraade]

City of Love.

No arabs. No muslims. No flambed cars. No beheadings.

[autumnraine]

Mulin Rouge at the original Cabaret!!! HOW WONDERFUL!

Thanks for posting!

[left that other site]

Those are so cool!

Thank You!
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[autumnraine]

That poor single horse pulling that massive wagon of concrete up hill!

[rcofdayton]

Yeah, like a taxpayer.

[SaraJohnson]

I think I might live in an alternative universe. This is disgusting.

[SaraJohnson]

I’m so sorry. I put my comment on the wrong thread. It was intended for the Black Friday crazy shopping video thread.

I think these pictures of Paris are wonderful.

[workerbee]

Love old photos like this — it’s like traveling to another world. Thanks so much for posting!

[Lockbar]

Revisionist history!! I think you were really commenting on the Paris photos. ;-)

[SaraJohnson]

Oh noez! You got me. :)

[PUGACHEV]

I've always been struck by the color fidelity of the early autochromes. The reds, particularly seem perfectly in balance. Autochrome used potato starch dyed red, yellow, and green to filter the light over three different B&W emulsions. Today, most digital cameras use a Bayer filter with red, yellow, green and green. The only camera that uses a similar process today is the Sigma SLRs with a Foveon sensor that, in concept, is identical to the autochrome process. To my eye, at least, the Sigma Foveon sensor produces a color balance similar to autochrome, again, especially in the reds.