Otto Pfenninger (5 April 1855 – 20 March 1929)[1] was a founding member of the Swiss Photographers Association (1886) and a pioneer of colour photography. He moved to Brighton, England where he developed his career as a photographer.
Colour photograph taken by Pfenninger in Brighton and registered for copyright in 1910Three colour lantern slide of children playing on a Brighton beach 6 August 1906
In 1906, Pfenninger built a special camera to his own design using 3-colour separated plates from which full-colour photographic images could be created. That summer Pfenninger used this tri-colour, single exposure camera to create some of the first colour photographs, using the parks and beaches of Brighton as scenes.[2] His camera was based upon J.W. Bennetto's one-shot camera of 1897 in which three separation negatives were obtained at a single exposure. Pfenninger tried to use the same system but found that the refracted image was shorter from top to bottom,[3] his solution was to add a glass plate at the same angle, but opposite direction, to the Bennetto reflector.
In 1921,[4] under the pseudonym O. Reg, he wrote Byepaths of Colour Photography in which he discusses in technical detail, the history and theory of developments in subtractive colour photography.
^Brighton and Hove Natural History and Philosophical Society, Abstracts of Papers, Pfenninger lecture 6 December 1907, accessed 17 September 2011
^E.P. Dutton & Co., New York. The book bears no publication date and other sources state 1924
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Byepaths of Colour Photography, available online
January 01, 1970
otto, pfenninger, april, 1855, march, 1929, founding, member, swiss, photographers, association, 1886, pioneer, colour, photography, moved, brighton, england, where, developed, career, photographer, born, 1855, april, 1855died20, march, 1929, 1929, aged, mitch. Otto Pfenninger 5 April 1855 20 March 1929 1 was a founding member of the Swiss Photographers Association 1886 and a pioneer of colour photography He moved to Brighton England where he developed his career as a photographer Otto PfenningerBorn 1855 04 05 5 April 1855Died20 March 1929 1929 03 20 aged 73 Mitcham Surrey EnglandNationalitySwissKnown forPhotography Colour photograph taken by Pfenninger in Brighton and registered for copyright in 1910 Three colour lantern slide of children playing on a Brighton beach 6 August 1906 In 1906 Pfenninger built a special camera to his own design using 3 colour separated plates from which full colour photographic images could be created That summer Pfenninger used this tri colour single exposure camera to create some of the first colour photographs using the parks and beaches of Brighton as scenes 2 His camera was based upon J W Bennetto s one shot camera of 1897 in which three separation negatives were obtained at a single exposure Pfenninger tried to use the same system but found that the refracted image was shorter from top to bottom 3 his solution was to add a glass plate at the same angle but opposite direction to the Bennetto reflector In 1921 4 under the pseudonym O Reg he wrote Byepaths of Colour Photography in which he discusses in technical detail the history and theory of developments in subtractive colour photography References edit GRO Croydon Vol 2a Page 912 Otto Pfenninger Brighton Photo www photohistory sussex co uk Retrieved 2022 09 15 Brighton and Hove Natural History and Philosophical Society Abstracts of Papers Pfenninger lecture 6 December 1907 accessed 17 September 2011 E P Dutton amp Co New York The book bears no publication date and other sources state 1924External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Otto Pfenninger Byepaths of Colour Photography available online Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Otto Pfenninger amp oldid 1110461784, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
