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DAY 152 | HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY |
Kodachrome
THE WORLD SEES IN COLOR
The first examples of practical color photography, Autochrome and Dufaycolor, were produced using a process called an “additive method” but it had some drawbacks, such as problems with enlargements and projection, which required the use of extremely bright lights.
Kodak’s Kodachrome film, invented by Leopold Godowsky Jr. and Leopold Mannes in 1935, used a completely different process called the “subtractive method.” It was initially introduced as 16mm motion picture film in 1935 and, in 1936, as 8mm movie film and 35mm slide film. However, it would eventually be mass-marketed ...
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