Friday, May 07, 2010

The Wonderful World of Albert Kahn

Albert Kahn was an early 20th century banker from France who wanted to capture the world as it was using autochrome, the first known form of color photography. He spent 22 years creating over 72,000 color photos and 100 hours of film footage; his work is the subject of a nine-part BBC documentary series airing now. Here's an excerpt from one of the BBC shows.


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