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Nature 451, 630 (7 February 2008) | doi:10.1038/451630a; Published online 6 February 2008
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Faculty Position in Mathematical Biology
- The Ohio State University
- Ohio, USA
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- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School
- Boston, MA, USA
Exhibition: Capturing colours of times past
Laura Spinney1
EXHIBIT REVIEWED-Léon Gimpel
In these days of digital cameras and Photoshop, it is hard to imagine the wonder that instant photography and the first colour photographs inspired. It comes as a revelation to witness a landscape striped by lightning in daylight through the eyes of the photographer who first captured it; to stand beside him in a mocking crowd, as he points a camera at fireworks exploding in the night sky; or to feel his embarrassment as he asks the King and Queen of Denmark to hold their poses for a few seconds.
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