Color photographs were produces as early as 1907. The autochrome process was invented by the Lumiere brothers in France. It was produced by layering red, blue and green potato starch of a glass plate with silver emulsions. This edible sounding process produces amazing results and luckily, a great collection of these fragile artifacts remain, this being an example, kept in Belgium.
The colors autochrome produce are amazing. They have a trong haze and particular softness making them look like paintings.
In this photograph there is a young girl holding a flower and wearing a crown of flowers on her head. She looks soft and happy, her mood very much emulating the aesthetics of this particular photographic process, which was probably part of the intention of the photographer.
I very much appreciate this photograph, it has a define religious conotation, but without the popular props used to portray such a scene. The girl looks a little sad at first, but on a closer inspection, she seems to be smirking, which made me smile.
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