The 1940s (in color)
We've talked about and linked to color photos from WWI and Tsarist Russia... here's an online collection (hosted by the Library Of Congress) of photos from 1940s USA. Sometimes it's hard to believe these are real and not perfectly-made movie stills.
posted by Lee H. @ Tuesday, December 13, 2005
1 Comments:
Those archival films sound intriguing... and you're right that getting rid of the jerkiness of those, or having images in color, makes images seem more "real" simply because they look more like what we see with our own eyes, instead of looking like a representation.
I know when I first saw these pics, I felt like I was in a time machine, visiting pre-revolution Russia. It was the first time I'd run into historical pics like these, and it was a downright emotional experience to me.
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