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Jane Fonda photographed by Francois Pages in Paris, 1963

[vainaja]

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olivia pierce

[karrova]

Sylvie, Prosper d’ Epinay 1836 - 1914

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[odonianpoet]

Cate Blanchett, 1994

[superinstituteoffuturesstudies]

Superposition DCCCXXX

[audreyslegacy]

Audrey Hepburn with her fawn, Pippin or “Ip”.

[quotefeeling]

“To have someone understand your mind is a different kind of intimacy.”

— Unknown

[mousegirlheart]

Oh strawberry... We're really in it now...

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[battlefem-deactivated20170404]

you wanna see some badass shit from the early 20th century?? The Lumière brothers created the first full color photograph… in fucking 1903! So these dudes dyed potatoes (in red, blue, and green), mashed them down into just pure fuckin’ starch, and used these dyed potato starches as filters to block out/let in certain wavelengths of light. They coated one side of a glass plate with the starches and sensitized the other side with a mixture of gelatin and light sensitive materials (silver nitrate) and loaded these plates in their cameras.. This is a really simple explanation of the process and I may have missed some things A few of my favorite autochrome photos:

[itsoldjohn]

that last one is literally a LOOK

[cassiocantdrink]

yes!

but lets not forget sergei prokudin-gorskiy, who developed a similar process in 1902, published in 1903 and then toured russia to take hundreds of color photographs:

AND the guy developed color slide processing as well. as a person fairly familiar with modern b/w processing at home, but never EVER stepping into color (negatives or slides) territory, i’d say, BAMF to the highest degree. 

[petermorwood]

Here are a few more Prokudin-Gorskiy / Gorskii shots, and a reminder once again that these aren’t recently colourised BW images but original colour photos taken about 120 years ago. Many colourised pics don’t look this good. Some modern colour pics don’t look this good (as I know all too well. “Delete image Y/N? Y!”)

This is Leo Tolstoy, author of “War and Peace” and “Anna Karenina”.

Alim Khan, Emir of Bukhara…

…and his Minister of the Interior.

A Type B-15 steam locomotive…

Another of those peasant girls with guest-gifts of berries…

The Church of St John the Baptist at Staraya Ladoga…

…and a Sergei Prokudin-Gorskiy self-portrait.

Unlike some current selfies ;-> he’s not dominating the image, so here’s a closer shot.

Nice hat…

[quotefeeling]

“Never stop being a good person because of bad people.”

— Unknown

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[dawnsfragrance]

being an adult is awful. every day i have to decide what to eat

[221cbakerstreet]

and then MAKE it ugh what a world

[leelagranger]

And then wash the stupid dishes

[cryptid-corpse]

The best way to contact me is to meet me in my dreams at 3am

[stlowens]

Gennady Aygi, tr. by Peter France, from “The People Are a Temple.”