Monday, May 23, 2011

Photographer Presentation: The Lumière Brothers

     The Lumière Brothers, Auguste and Louis, were born in France in 1862 and 1864. They both attended La Martiniere, the largest technical school in Lyon, and they worked for their father's photographic firm. Auguste worked as a manager and Louis worked as a physicist. Louis made a number of improvements to the still-photograph process, the most notable of which was the dry-plates process. This process was a huge step in the creation of cinematography and the brothers are credited with being among the earliest filmmakers in history.
   However, their experimentation with cinematography was brief as they stated that "the cinema is an invention without any future." From that they moved into color photography and in 1903 they patented a process known as the "Autochrome Lumière."
How meaningful would photography be without the ability to choose color?

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