The Wonderful World of Albert Kahn - 9781846074585

The Wonderful World of Albert KahnAuthor(s): David Okuefuna\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Ebury Publishing, United Kingdom\nImprint: BBC Books\nISBN-13: 9781846074585, 978-1846074585\nSynopsis\nIn 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. Until recently, Kahn's huge collection of 72,000 Autochromes remained relatively unheard of. Now, a century after he launched his project, this photography book and the BBC TV series it accompanies are bringing these dazzling historical photos to a mass audience for the first time and putting colour into what we tend to think of as an entirely monochrome age. Kahn sent photographers to more than 50 cou.