Portrait of an actor
- Made:
- circa 1935
- photographer:
- Unknown
A dye transfer print photograph of an actor in costume, taken by an unknown photographer, c. 1935. The actor wears an elaborate jacket and a feathered hat.
A dye transfer print photograph of an actor in costume, taken by an unknown photographer, c. 1935.
The photogrpah shows the actor wears an elaborate jacket and a feathered hat.
The dye transfer process was introduced in the 1930s. Black and white colour separation negatives are used to expose matrix films which are dyed cyan, magenta and yellow. The final print is made by superimposing these dyed images in perfect registration.
Details
- Category:
- Photographs
- Collection:
- Kodak Collection
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6071/56
- Materials:
- paper
- type:
- dye transfer print and photograph
- copyright:
- National Science and Media Museum
- credit:
- The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford
