the series of original autochrome plates

PARIS PHOTO 2023, (Courtesy galerie Lumières des roses)

The Lumières des roses gallery presents at Paris Photo 2023 a series of original autochrome plates, highlighted and framed by Société Lumière

anonymous photographer, around 1910, Madonna, autochrome plate, highlighted and framed by Société Lumière (Courtesy galerie Lumières des roses)
anonymous photographer, Woman with pink hair, autochrome plate, around 1920, 18x24cm, highlighted and framed by Société Lumière (Courtesy galerie Lumières des roses)

Basilica Saint-Denis – the pediment of the crypt highlighted

Our goal was to make the excerpt from the gospel visible by only a small glow and to reinforce the reflection of the cross of light which crosses the altar and projects into the crypt. The altar of the basilica, created by the artist Vladimir Zbynovsky and composed of a stone plinth from Armenia, is topped with a glass dome which contains a cut-out in the shape of a cross and a lens to make possible this effect.

Autochromes for Lumière des Roses

Société Lumière was asked to highlight the Autochromes “Fleurs” (circa 1920) for the Lumière des Roses gallery, Paris

For the collection of the Lumière des Roses gallery, we have highlighted a panorama of the 8 autochromes. The eight images represent the slides that the projectionists projected to explain the technique of the manufacturing process of the autochromes. They show (from left to right) the different pigmentations of the starch used to make the autochrome.

Autochrome “cinderella”

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Galerie Lumière des Roses entrusted us with the backlighting of an exceptional autochrome by Paul Quinsier (France, circa 1920). On the occasion of Paris Photo 2022, we created a little animation as a nod to Cinderella’s shoe. With our Casambi dimmer, we were able to subtly adjust the color of the photograph and program an animation.

autochrome by Paul Quinsier (France, circa 1920) – backlight by Société Lumière (accelerated speed)