Beautiful, lush Kodachrome photos from the 40s. Kodachrome was the legendary color film popular among photographers like Steve McCurry, who shot the final roll after it was discontinued in 2009. See the rest of the set here.
via Shorpy
1940s Kodachromes
07.28.2011
Amazing quality in colours, just shows how the past ain’t different from the now.
Amusing combination of colors. I think I like the second photo. I love the curve lines it has. This is a wonderful set. Great job!
really like these, bummed I didnt really get into film stuff until kodachrome got discontinued.
The film quality is surely A-plus, but the story it vibrantly captures is even more amazing. I am far from being a war-hawk, but WWII pushed the technological and scientific envelop into the modern age. The third picture from the top–the mining plant–stands out in my mind for its depiction of the scale of human will and ingenuity. One hundred years from now, its corollary may be a picture of a futuristic mining colony on some far-out asteroid. Hopefully, war will not have been the impetus for it. But what else pushes technology to rapid leaps?
wow, the dynamic range of film still blows me away. Digital still falls way short in that category. I think I’ll bust out my 1982 Minolta this weekend… thanks for the post!
The first photo makes a fantastic background…
These are fantastic… amazing what they capture…
You can find more there for these years there : http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/sets/72157603671370361/?page=22
And theres many set there :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress
Found some today here:
http://tinyurl.com/3avbokz
amazing … i don’t know this film before , thankx !