Figure 2. Lippmann photograph by Neuhauss, recorded in 1899 (Collection: Royal Photographic Society)

Lippmann Colour Photography

1891 Gabriel Lippmann – an inventor and physicist from Luxembourg – invented a process for recording colour photographs. The result is beautiful colour photographs with high resolution. Professor Hans I. Bjelkhagen shares with us how it works. Writer and photography / Dr. Hans I. Bjelkhagen Few photographers today are familiar with the name Gabriel Lippmann (1845-1921), even fewer have seen a Lippmann colour photograph. Lippmann was awarded the 1908 Nobel … Read more