Best Photos of Last Week (Dec 10-16) from National Geographic

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

National Geographic magazine continues to amaze and delight us with collections of unique retro photographs taken in the first half of the last century. Natural, untouched by graphic editors, they are in the spotlight today, photos selected by the best last week, December 10-16.

December 10

The art of autochrome printing in the first half of the last century was owned only by a select few. To master this skill, photographers traveled to the United States, to Washington, where they could take a few lessons and practice. A photograph of Japanese female divers dating from 1927 was taken by Kiyoshi Sakamoto just after a series of these lessons.

December 11th

In 1920, photographer Edwin Wisherd was on an editorial assignment, filming a huge oak tree to illustrate the story "Louisiana, Land of Perpetual Romance", and could not help but photograph the kids frolicking under the mighty tree. This wonderful photograph was published in April 1930, in National Geographic magazine.

12 December

The stunning shot in 1926 was captured by Israeli photographer Maynard Owen Williams, National Geographic's first foreign photographer. A ray of light illuminates a student at the Jerusalem School of Arts and Crafts, and it seems that she shines with an unearthly light, like a solar angel. No wonder talented people are called lights!

December 13th

Another autochromic photograph from 1930. In the series of photographs about the Spanish islands that accompanied a large review article, there was this one, taken by an author named Wilhelm Tobien. Aboriginal boys from the Canary Islands spend their free time in the harbor, among the fishing boats of their fathers, brothers and neighbors. Everyone has a family dynasty, which means that after ten years there will be a place for them in the boat.

December 14

France, autumn, Provence. A woman in a traditional bonnet and with a traditional basket over her shoulder is a typical Provence resident, which could be seen around in the 30s of the last century. This autochromic image was taken by photographer Jules Gervais Courtellemont, who has provided stunning photographs to National Geographic for over 20 years.

December 15th

Fishing nets hang from the masts of fishing boats like long mesh curtains to dry properly in the morning sun. Such a spectacle is very typical for the Macau harbor, which was chosen by local hunters, who go fishing every day, hoping for a solid catch. The photograph was taken in 1931 by W. Robert Moore, a photographer who later became the head of the foreign press department at National Geographic.

December 16

An autochromic still life with exotic fruits dated 1926. Thailand was still known as Siam back then, and photographer Jules Gervais Courtellemont discovered this fruity splendor in Bangkok's Siamese fruit market.