Description
Product ID: | 9781846074585 |
Product Form: | Hardback |
Country of Manufacture: | IN |
Title: | The Wonderful World of Albert Kahn |
Authors: | Author: David Okuefuna |
Page Count: | 336 |
Subjects: | Photographs: collections, Photographs: collections |
Description: | Select Guide Rating In 1909 the millionaire French banker and philanthropist Albert Kahn embarked on an ambitious project to create a colour photographic record of, and for, the peoples of the world. In 1909 the millionaire French banker and philanthropist Albert Kahn embarked on an ambitious project to create a colour photographic record of, and for, the peoples of the world. As an idealist and an internationalist, Kahn believed that he could use the new Autochrome process, the world''s first user-friendly, true-colour photographic system, to promote cross-cultural peace and understanding. |
Imprint Name: | BBC Books |
Publisher Name: | Ebury Publishing |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2008-04-24 |