WW1 Photographs - In Colour

[Photo Plod]

I stumbled across the most remarkable photographic archive I've seen in a while this afternoon over at http://www.worldwaronecolorphotos.com/

I have seen hand-coloured black & white images from WW1 before, but I had never seen original colour film images from the conflict. The website has an excellent collection of original photographs that the author has assembled from various sources.

Most striking, to me, was this image, showing Senegalese colonial soldiers on the Western Front:

Well worth a visit, I think.

 

[whiteflyer]

No they can't be real, every time somebody on the forum post photos from a war re-enactment event or even a 40s themed event, they get post after post saying they should be in Black and White.

At least we can now point to a website and say WHY ?

 

[Knikki]

Albert Khan and the world of the Autochrome which is what this image looks like.

Some autochromes are fantastic and I will be having a good mooch around that website.

Thanks for posting.