[mairdie]

All of the images are Getty, so can't be shown here. But this shouldn't be missed. So here's one we can show.

Our Lightest hours: Rare moments of joy amidst the horrors of WWII are revealed in stunning colourised images of British troops and their wartime leaders

[mairdie]

Giant of the skies that led allied forces in the D-Day invasion of Normandy takes to the skies once more after languishing in a Wisconsin boneyard for years

[mairdie]

Really sticking out! Striking 'ghost bear' pokes its tongue out at photographer as it hunts for fish









You're ggrrrrr-eat! Tiger siblings caught sharing affectionate cuddles and a quick kiss while lounging in their enclosure at London Zoo

[Batman11]

PFL

[mairdie]

The curse of Godrick's Hollow: Six-bedroom medieval home that featured in the Harry Potter films as the wizard’s birthplace is still on the market after six months because 'it's too famous to sell'

[outofsalt]

The Lumier brother's images are wonderful!

[mairdie]

PING

[mairdie]

I’m having PING list problems. I inadvertently edited
thParkRepublican

Could someone help me correct this to the proper name?

Thanks.

[ADemocratNoMore]

Once again I saw the title and said “Mairdie ?” Sure enough.

Just went up to look at the autochromes. I’ve seen some examples of the process before but the selection assembled here certainly is quite remarkable, both from a technical perspective as well as featuring many outstanding examples of fine art.

I would be remiss if I didn’t send a shout out to Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky. He was a contemporary of the Lumiere brothers. His work was brought to the attention of the Czar and he was given the use of a private railroad car for use as his photo lab and documents that allowed him unrestricted travel and access throughout Russia in the years proceeding WWI. There are over 1900 images available on the Library of Congress website... https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/prok/ and a nice gallery is available at the end of the Wikipedia article here... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Prokudin-Gorsky