"Ethnoexotics" from around the world on autochromes (1907-1931)

As already noted, in the first third of the 20th century, there were several global projects for systematic capture in color photography, using the autochrome method. The largest was the project of Albert Kahn (70,000 color images were taken in 1912-1932), the second largest collection was created by the American magazine National Geographic.

We offer you interesting ethnographic images that are scattered in nature. They can be viewed in the form of a mosaic.

(15 photos in total)

1. Indian Chief, Crow Indian Reservation, Montana, photographer Edwin Wisherd, 1927

2. The guy in the cowboy outfit, California, 1920s

3. The leader of the Nakhi people in Tibet, photographer Joseph Rock, circa 1927

4. Ethiopian veterans in traditional dress, photographer Robert Moore, 1930

5. The Dutch, photographer Stephane Passet, 1910s.

6. A Wendish woman (i.e. a Lusatian Serbian woman) in traditional dress, Germany, Hans Hildenbrand, 1931

7. Residents of Dahomey (now Benin), photographer Frederic Gadmer, 1920s

8. Kurdish girls in Iran, photographer Frederic Gadmer, 1920s

9. Breton couple in traditional clothes, France, photographer George Chevalier, 1920

10. A group of Breton men in traditional costumes, by photographer Adrien, between 1907 and 1928.

11. Sisters Helene and Denise Lauth in Alsace, France, photographer George Chevalier, 1918

12. The Moroccans, a picture from the collection of Albert Kahn, 1910s

13. Moroccan children, 1910s

14. The People of Ceylon, 1910s

15. Russian women in traditional clothing, Rimsky-Korsakov, between 1908 and 1917