January 3, 2005
Old photographs online
Let's start off the first week of the New Year with a couple of sites I've been meaning to mention for some time.
The first, Chronophotographical Projections, is devoted to early motion photography. Good historical information, complete with animation.
The second is a great living-memory time machine: the Charles W. Cushman archive at Indiana University, "14,500 Kodachrome color slides . . . [that] bridge a thirty-two year span from 1938 to 1969, during which time [Cushman] extensively documented the United States as well as other countries." It's funny how different it is to see all those old street scenes and slice-of-life shots in color, though I wonder if future generations will so strongly and unconsciously associate memory with monochrome. In any event, the old Kodachromes look great, and well repay the browsing time.
Posted by David on January 3, 2005 8:33 AM
Cushman archives--I could spend hours wandering around. Thanks for the link. The Chronophotographical site was too hard to read--poor choices of colors, I thought (not enough contrast between words and background)and the font size very small. Of course, it couldn't possibly be that I need glasses!
Posted by: Sarah on January 3, 2005 4:19 PM
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