I stumbled across the most amazing thing over on www.damninteresting.com. There were color photographs taken during WWI. I didn’t think color film was around back then, but apparently it was invented in France in 1907. Most of these photographs are of French soldiers. What strikes me is how the color brings the event forward in time. Everyone is familiar with the old grainy B&W photos that take you back. But these could almost have been taken yesterday.
See them for yourself. These are photos that were mostly taken during the last two years of the war. You can see soldiers in the trenches and the damage and devastation caused by the war.
This one is my favorite:
Tags: WWI, color photos
Those are incredible. It makes me wonder what future generations are going to think of our still photographs, even in color. They’re starting to make movies out of tragedies since apparently photos aren’t good enough.
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