These Early 1900s Color Autochrome Images Look Like Literal Dreams » Design You Trust — Design Daily Since 2007
These Early 1900s Color Autochrome Images Look Like Literal Dreams – Design You Trust — Design Daily Since 2007

These Early 1900s Color Autochrome Images Look Like Literal Dreams

1909 “The Japanese parasol.”

John Cimon Warburg/SSPL/Getty Images

Born into a wealthy family, John Cimon Warburg (1867 – 1931) was able to devote his time wholeheartedly to photography because bad asthma stopped him from working in a full time job and a private income gave him economic freedom. He excelled at the autochrome process, giving lectures and writing extensively on the subject. Although never a member of The Linked Ring, he seems to have been something of a linchpin in the photographic world.

Patented by the Lumière brothers in 1903, Autochrome produced a color transparency using a layer of potato starch grains dyed red, green and blue, along with a complex development process.

Autochromes required longer exposure times than traditional black-and-white photos, resulting in images with a hazy, blurred atmosphere filled with pointillist dots of color.

h/t: mashable

1915 “Margate beach, blue girl.”

John Cimon Warburg/SSPL/Getty Images

1907 “Joan in Red Riding Hood cape with basket.”

John Cimon Warburg/SSPL/Getty Images

1915 “Saltburn Sands.”

John Cimon Warburg/SSPL/Getty Images

1915 “Cow on Saltburn sands.”

John Cimon Warburg/SSPL/Getty Images

1908 “The orange stall.”

John Cimon Warburg/SSPL/Getty Images

1908 “Children by the breakwater.”

John Cimon Warburg/SSPL/Getty Images

1909 “Peggy reading.”

John Cimon Warburg/SSPL/Getty Images

1909 “Daydreams.”

John Cimon Warburg/SSPL/Getty Images

1909

John Cimon Warburg/SSPL/Getty Images

1909 “The green mat.”

John Cimon Warburg/SSPL/Getty Images

1910 “On the sands.”

John Cimon Warburg/SSPL/Getty Images

1909 “Birch trees on a river bank.”

John Cimon Warburg/SSPL/Getty Images

1910 “The Neptune Fountain, Cheltenham.”

John Cimon Warburg/SSPL/Getty Images

1910 “The last digger.”

John Cimon Warburg/SSPL/Getty Images

1915 “Children drawing.”

John Cimon Warburg/SSPL/Getty Images

1915 “Girl with a bucket.”

John Cimon Warburg/SSPL/Getty Images

1915 “Girl in a white dress.”

John Cimon Warburg/SSPL/Getty Images

1915 “A small customer.”

John Cimon Warburg/SSPL/Getty Images

c. 1909 “Peggy in the garden.”

John Cimon Warburg/SSPL/Getty Images

1915 “The butcher’s shop.”

John Cimon Warburg/SSPL/Getty Images

1908 “A rusty buoy.”

John Cimon Warburg/SSPL/Getty Images

1915 “Two girls at the gate.”

John Cimon Warburg/SSPL/Getty Images

1915 “Mrs. Warburg.”

John Cimon Warburg/SSPL/Getty Images

1915 “Whitby, the dredger.”

John Cimon Warburg/SSPL/Getty Images

1915 “Staithes Harbor.”

John Cimon Warburg/SSPL/Getty Images

1925 A portrait of John Cimon Warburg by Helen Missinger Murdoch.

John Cimon Warburg/SSPL/Getty Images

If you want more awesome content, subscribe to Design You Trust Facebook page.

More Inspiring Stories

"Silent Waters": Beautiful And Extraordinary Outdoor Photography By Karen Heslinga

Stunning Photographs of Ellen O’Neal, The Greatest Woman Freestyle Skateboarder in the 1970s

Rare Shots of the Abbey Road Cover Photo Session

"Cats And The City": Russian Artist Imagines A World Where Humans Live Among Giant Cats

Riding on Steel Springs: Germany's Innovative Response to a Rubber Shortage

Beautiful Pics Of Madonna Photographed In Alphabet City, NYC By Richard Corman In 1982

Astonishing Fairy Tale Photos Help Sick Kids Enjoy Magic Moments

Arnold Schwarzenegger Turns 69: Photo Tribute

Pedal Skates: The Coolest Ride on Wheels Through History

Playboy Magazine Covers in The 1950s Are Not What You Imagined Them to Be

The First Car that Porsche Ever Built Was Found in A Shed that Had Been Untouched for More than A Century

Beehive Hairdo: The Women’s Popular Hairstyle Throughout the 1960s

"Earth’s Wonders Like You’ve Never Seen Them Before": These Angled Satellite Images Are Like Aerial Photos From 280 Miles Up

The Best Adventure Photography: Exposure 2014

Photographer Risks Life For Breathtaking Images Of New York City Subway Tracks

An Illustrated Police Equipment Catalogue From 1891

1970s Zingers! Full-Sized Toy Vehicles

The Guinness World Records Winners in Colorful Shots by The Photographer Ryan Schude

Gibson Girls: The Sexiest Women Of All Time

Spectacular Nature Winning Images from the 1839 Photographer of the Year Awards

Stunning Photos Of The Victorian People-Watching At The Beach

Beautiful Kodachrome Photos of Life in New York in the Late 1960s

Breathtaking Surreal Self Portraits By Rachel Baran

Beautiful Photos of 1969 Lamborghini Espada Series I

Photographer Captures Everyday Life In Mozambique, Here Are His Best Shots

Trümmerfrauen: The Women Who Helped Rebuild Germany After World War 2

"Anti-Selfies": Artist Lies Facedown In Tourist Spots And Pretends To Be Dead

Underwater Photographer Jordi Benitez Castells Captures Jellyfish Off Spanish Coast

The Photographer Took Surreal-Looking Images of Cities and Landscapes Using Double Exposure

Two Look Books, Two Countries, Two Minds: Akomplice in Colombia Summer Lookbook