The flowers of 1910 still bloom...

These images are all autochromes taken between about 1910 and 1920 by the Belgian photographers Alfonse Van Besten, Charles Corbet, Georges Gilet, and Paul Sano. They form part of the collection of Florent Van Hoof.

The images are all large, so click a picture to open the gallery and click the icon in the top corner to view the images full size.

March 2nd, 2010 | Tags: Alfonse Van Besten, Autochrome, Belgium, Charles Corbet, Florent Van Hoof, Flowers, George Gilet, Paul Sano | Category: Autochrome

2 comments to The flowers of 1910 still bloom…

• Das Kraftfuttermischwerk » Just my daily two cents

  March 2nd, 2010 at 10:42 pm

  [...] The flowers of 1910 still bloom | How to be a Retronaut 100 Jahre alte Blumenfotografien. “These images are all autochromes taken between about 1910 and 1920 by the Belgian photographers Alfonse Van Besten, Charles Corbet, Georges Gilet, and Paul Sano. They form part of the collection of Florent Van Hoof.” [...]

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  March 4th, 2010 at 4:31 pm

  [...] to be a Retronaut is an incredible site that I can legitimately tout here now because of a great set of flower photos from Belgium. All of them were taken between 1910 and 1920, when color photography was still in its [...]