Photographing in Colors.

Bush Advocate, Volume XI, Issue 869, 9 December 1893, Page 5

Photographing in Colors.

The question whioh aroused such a lively interest and such warm discussion in all oiroles of society, as to the possibility of photographing 1 colors direotly from nature would appear (says the Paris correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph") to have at last been solved iv a satisfactory manner. The theory belongs to M. Lipmann, who has da. voted many years of hia life to the study of the subject, and the practical application is the work of a certain Louis Lumiore, of Lyons, who has introduced a series of important technical improvements, the result of which have jnat been exhibited to the members of the Photo Club of Paris. It is a pity that the evening was ohosen for the purpose, as it is no easy matter to distinguish •olors and hues after sundown. But enough was seen to astonish the members of the olub, and send a thrill of joy to their hearts, which manifested itself in deafening applause. By means of his special preparations the secrnt of which hae not transpired, M. liumiere ia enabled, after an exposure of about half an ho ur, to obtain a faultless photographic reproduction of oolors. Among the hings thus chromatically photographed were boxes of matches, Japanese screens, stuffs, nosegays—nay, even landscapes from nature, looking for all <the world like very olever studies in water oolors, the dull array of the houses, the brown of the soil, the various shades of green of the grass, fruit and foliage, he deep blue of the sky and the light, anghing blue that peeps surreptitiously hrough rifts in the fleecy clouds—all oolors, hues and tints were there. The reception given to M.Lippmann, who modestly insisted ■upon the services of M. Lnmiere, was neither more nor leas than a triumph. The savant, when returning thauks, expressed hopethat new technical improvements would soon place the discovery in practical form within the reaoh of all. The unanimous opinion of the olub seems to be that from this time forward the problem of photochromy may be considered as practioally solved. s