{"id":798,"date":"2021-01-30T22:45:24","date_gmt":"2021-01-31T06:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/historic.camera\/?p=798"},"modified":"2021-01-30T22:45:24","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T06:45:24","slug":"lost-for-decades-these-stunning-color-photos-of-africa-in-the-1950s-have-finally-been-published","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/historic.camera\/?p=798","title":{"rendered":"Lost for Decades, These Stunning Color Photos of Africa in the 1950s Have Finally Been Published"},"content":{"rendered":"

Making the rounds today on the internet are the ‘rediscovered’ or ‘lost’ photos of photographer Todd Webb that had been languishing in a collectors home all timed in conjunction with the release of his archive book.\u00a0 But hey these shots from his 5 month trip in Africa taken with a Rolleiflex and Leica on Kodachrome are pretty awesome!\u00a0 And relevant for their historical and cultural significance.\u00a0 I might even buy the book!\u00a0 I spent some time on the different websites reading about the trip and his life – you might be also interested.<\/p>\n

Great collection of his work on the Minneapolis Institute of Art<\/a><\/p>\n

Of course the Wiki page<\/a> on him<\/p>\n

and the Vanity Fair article that I first read is linked below the photos<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>The United Nations sent photographer Todd Webb to capture eight African countries during a period of rapid industrialization\u2014but the pictures he came back with included beauty, fashion, jubilation, and much more.<\/p>\n

Source: Lost for Decades, These Stunning Color Photos of Africa in the 1950s Have Finally Been Published<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Making the rounds today on the internet are the ‘rediscovered’ or ‘lost’ photos of photographer Todd Webb that had been languishing in a collectors home all timed in conjunction with the release of his archive book.\u00a0 But hey these shots from his 5 month trip in Africa taken with a Rolleiflex and Leica on Kodachrome are pretty awesome!\u00a0 And relevant for their historical and cultural significance.\u00a0 I might even buy the book!\u00a0 I spent some time on the different websitesRead more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[105],"tags":[365,235,364,137,23,363],"class_list":["post-798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photographers","tag-famous","tag-history","tag-kodachrome","tag-photographer","tag-rolleiflex","tag-todd-webb"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t