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Colour is my medium: David Sequeira, colourblind art and the magic of Autochrome

Jun 15, 2022

David Sequeira, a color-blind artist, discusses adapting to colors he couldn't perceive. The podcast also explores glasses aiding color-deficient people and the magic of Autochrome photography. V&A curator Catlin Langford shares insights on the mania for Autochrome.

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David Sequeira embraces all colors, not just a 'pop,' challenging color perceptions.

Autochromes revolutionized color photography with vibrant effects, despite challenges and eventual decline.

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Color Photography Revolutionized by Autochromes:

Autochromes, developed in the early 1900s, were hailed as a color photography revolution by Lumiere brothers. The vibrant, lifelike colors were achieved through a complex process involving potato starch granules dyed in red, blue, and green. Despite being fragile and light-sensitive, autochromes produced painterly color effects, reminiscent of impressionist paintings.

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Childhood Fan Letters to Famous Artists and Their Responses

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Exploring Color Perception and Art Forms

17min

The Magic of Autochrome: A Revolutionary Technique in Early Color Photography

13min

Exploring the Autochrome Collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum

6min

Why artist and curator David Sequeira doesn't believe in just a 'pop of colour'. How a colour-blind artist adapted to colours he couldn't perceive. And how glasses that allow colour-deficient people to see the full spectrum of colours, work. Plus, Daniel chats to V&A curator Catlin Langford about her book on the mania for Autochrome, an early colour photography process invented by the Lumière brothers.

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ABC RN Arts

Colour is my medium: David Sequeira, colourblind art and the magic of Autochrome

Episode guests

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Color Photography Revolutionized by Autochromes:

Helen Messinger Murdoch: Pioneering Travel and Color Photographer:

Australian Photographer Harry Victor Leckie's Autochromes:

Challenges and Decline of Autochromes:

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