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The Lumiere Brothers.

Marketed as a positive glass autochrome plate in 1907 by Lumiere brothers. Easy to use, but required long exposures, expensive, and not perfect. Were viewed with optical device - diascope or stereograph. Black and white work still sent out to be hand-painted when color was desired.

Attracted amateurs with leisure and money. Photographed flowers and nature. Individuals and studios involved in producing commercial images for publication. Appealed to aesthetic photographers who recognized that color was another facet of expression.

Marketed as a positive glass autochrome plate in 1907 by Lumiere brothers. Easy to use, but required long exposures, expensive, and not perfect. Were viewed with optical device - diascope or stereograph. Black and white work still sent out to be hand-painted when color was desired.

Attracted amateurs with leisure and money. Photographed flowers and nature. Individuals and studios involved in producing commercial images for publication. Appealed to aesthetic photographers who recognized that color was another facet of expression.

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Louis Lumière, Autochrome: Madeleine, Suzanne et Andrée à travers les vignes en 1908

Hoped that color would add an element of naturalness to the image. Realized the discovery of other elements to be considered in terms of expressive potential. Seductiveness of color and its capacity to make ordinary objects attractive.

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