中文简介：

奥托克罗姆胶片——由一种开创性的彩色摄影工艺制作而成，因感光度过高而无法展出，因此世界上最伟大的收藏之一一直被隐藏起来，直到现在。本书以前所未有的方式展示了V&A博物馆的奥托克罗姆胶片收藏——世界上最伟大的早期彩色摄影收藏——以其完整、鲜艳和绘画般的美感展示了这一先驱性的摄影工艺。由于奥托克罗姆胶片易碎且对光线敏感，不能在公共场合展示，因此这本书提供了一个难得的、令人惊叹的机会，可以真实地观看它们。奥托克罗姆干版彩色摄影技术由电影发明人卢米埃兄弟在1902年发明，这是**个广泛使用的彩色摄影工艺，并一直流行了20年。在1907年的商业发行中，它受到了画报派摄影师的热切欢迎，并得到了其主要成员Alfred Stieglitz的倡导，他预言“很快世界将为色彩而疯狂”。V&A博物馆为本书专门拍摄新照片，首次向公众展出丰富的奥托克罗姆干版彩色摄影收藏。本书按主题组织，并以参与这一过程的摄影师为重点，建立在策展人Catlin Langford的新学术和研究之上，包括对如何为后代保存这些非凡照片的见解。这是一次穿越时空、了解摄影技术的机会，将使任何渴望体验过去色彩的人感到高兴。

英文简介：

Autochromes―plates made from a pioneering color photography process―are too light sensitive to exhibit, and as such one of the world's greatest collections has been hidden from view until now. Offering unprecedented access to the V&A's collection of autochromes―one of the greatest collections of early color photography in the world―Color Mania presents the pioneering photographic process in its full, vibrant, and painterly beauty. Fragile and light sensitive, autochromes cannot be displayed in public, and so this volume provides a rare and breathtaking opportunity to view them true to size.Invented by the Lumiere brothers, who were also pioneers of cinema, the autochrome was the first widely available color photography process and remained popular for two decades. Upon its commercial release in 1907, it was eagerly embraced by Pictorialist photographers and advocated by its leading member Alfred Stieglitz, who predicted "soon the world will be color-mad."Newly photographed specially for this book, the V&A's abundant collection of autochromes is brought to the public for the very first time. Organized thematically and with sections focusing on the photographers who engaged with the process, Color Mania is built upon the latest scholarship and research by curator Catlin Langford and includes insights into how these extraordinary photographs are being preserved for future generations. An opportunity to travel in time and understand a tour de force in photographic technology, Color Mania will delight anyone who desires to experience the past in color.