Bristol Hannover Council
BHC put in the historic picture — in colour
** A small band of Bristol-Hannover members visited the Werner Bischof exhibition at Lacock Abbey on Saturday, March 8.
The exhibition, at the Fox Talbot museum, celebrates the pioneer of colour photography. The gorgeous colour photos on display were some of the first produced in the 1940s on an innovative device called a Devin Tri-Color camera. The images were captured on glass rather than paper and have incredible resolution and beauty.
Noteworthy were the photos Bischof took of Germany in 1946 including pictures of a devastated Berlin and Cologne.
In addition to the exhibition, our visit involved a walking tour of the village, a delightful place unspoiled by modern ephemera, a visit to Lacock Abbey, the country house based on a monastery which was Fox Talbot’s country seat – and of course the obligatory visit to the National Trust cafe.
IAN TURNER
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