We always think of everything until, say, World War II (and even some then) as being in black and white. It wasn’t, of course. It was in rich color, but it was generally captured, in popular photography, in b&w, which gives it a very different, distant, old tone that affects the mind’s perception of the era.
Then you see color pictures like at this site, from 1911 Russia, and you realize that the world then was as alive, as brilliant, and as real as the one we see today around us …
(via Photon Courier)
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Stunning. I find it interesting that in many photos the children and adults are bundled very warmly in layers of clothing huddling themselves against what seems like cold weather yet the children are barefoot.
That is interesting.
As well is the question of how future generations will look at us. “We always think of everything until, say, the Korean War II (and even some then) as being flat. It wasn’t, of course. It was in 3-D, just like us, but it was generally captured, in popular video, as flat, which gives it a very different, distant, old tone that affects the mind’s perception of the era.”
I have oftened pondered what future genertions may think as well as… if past generations could see things now… what would they think?