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The Wonderful World of Albert Kahn: Colour Photographs from a Lost Age

 
This heavyweight hardback is an absolute treasure. It reproduces a selection of colour photos from a personal archive which was started by Albert Kahn in 1909. The collection runs through the next twenty years until Kahn's finds ran out in 1931, and so records all aspects of life at the beginning of the 20th century. Kahn, a millionaire banker, despatched a team of photographers around the world to capture the essence of many different cultures. He established a collection of over 72,000 photos ... read more.

Written by David Okuefuna. Published 24 April 2008. rrp £35.00. Published by BBC Books.Hardcover.
 
 


 


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