Farbiges Leuchten
Subtitle: transparente Filmstandfotos der 1920er- und 1930er-Jahre = Colorful lucency : transparent stills of the 1920s and 1930s
By: Roland Fischer-Briand ; translated from the German by Wolfgang Astelbauer
Contributors: Fischer-Briand, Roland, 1975-; Fischer-Briand, Roland, 1975-; Astelbauer, Wolfgang, translator; Photoinstitut Bonartes
Edition: 1. Auflage.
Series: Beiträge zur Geschichte der Fotografie in Österreich -- Band 14 = -- Contributions to a history of photography in Austria -- volume 14; Fotohof edition -- Band 237; Beiträge zur Geschichte der Fotografie in Österreich -- Bd. 14.; Fotohof Edition -- Bd. 237.
Publisher: Photoinstitut Bonartes; Albertina; Fotohof edition
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Wien; Salzburg
Language: ger
Number of pages: 116
ISBN-13: 9783902993373
Subjects: Transparencies; Exhibitions; Stills (Motion pictures); Austrian Motion pictures; History; Motion pictures
Other titles: Colorful lucency :
Description: In the 1920s and 1930s, film and cinema enjoyed a greater popularity than at any other point of time in recent cultural history. In order to guarantee their visibility beyond the sphere of projection, the help of their elder brother photography as a genuinely related medium was called for. This book is the first to explore a rare medium of film photography indebted to its day and, like film, relying on celluloid: brightly hand-colored stills owing their lucency to backlight illumination. Taken on the set, these mostly anonymous pictures were aimed at arousing the public's visual curiosity in the lobbies of Vienna's movie palaces and at encouraging them to purchase a ticket.
Notes: Published on the occasion of the exhibition at the Photoinstitut Bonartes in Vienna, 27 October 2016 - 24 February 2017.

Text in German with English translation on facing pages.