Kodachrome WWII
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whitecat
Lone Range(find)er
Excellent link. Thanks!
Richard G
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Stunning pictures.
Paulbe
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Wow! Great pix--thanks for posting.
Those lady workers really dressed nicely for the job!
Paul
Those lady workers really dressed nicely for the job!
Paul
oftheherd
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Good photos with beautiful colors. Some obviously had supplemental lighting, but that's OK. Kodachrome of that time was probably something like 6 ASA.
agour
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some more from the same author: http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/08/world-war-ii-the-american-home-front-in-color/100122/
Mr_Flibble
In Tabulas Argenteas Refero
Check out the 4x5 Kodachromes on www.shorpy.com as well 😉
samuelphoto
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Amen, stunning colors. Boy, do I miss this film. I've never succeeded in getting my digital images to replicate Kodachrome. Looks like all of the interior shots did have supplemental lighting, but it is all extremely well done, very professional. Great collection here, priceless, really.
Pablito
coco frío
There were some interesting comments in another thread about this same thing, but I would not know how to find it now.
Pablito
coco frío
Theater! A lot of staging and direction going on here.
bowieknife
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great pics thanks !
charjohncarter
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Some of these are from a project promoted by the government to record farm and rural life (late 1930 and 40s). I particularly find the heroic wartime photos priceless. This guy really knew how to use a flash bulb, just spectacular.
oftheherd
Veteran
Indeed. And flash bulbs have a quality that electronic flash just doesn't have.
charjohncarter
Veteran
We agree on that. Those WWII shots show how flash bulbs wrap around the subject in a very soft way. Mr. Palmer had no flash meter so he calculated every shot. And I guess hoped for the best.
Now you chimp your digital camera eight times and even then get a harsh result.
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