A Vanishing World in Autochrome
Albert Kahn's Archives de la Planète houses thousands of early color photographs, autochrome postcards from a world we've never known
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The shift was gradual, so subtle as to be almost imperceptible. But for those who were paying attention, the signs were everywhere. If you looked close enough, you could see it: the world was getting smaller.
In the photo above—one of the earliest in the Albert Kahn collection—we see an empty billiards hall on a brisk morning in Tokyo. The text on the do…
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