COLORAMA

A rather special photography book showcasing the Kodak camera company's finest examples of their 565 Coloramas. They were massive backlit transparencies which measured 60ft wide by 18ft tall and changed every few weeks between 1950 and 1990, dominating the east wall of New York City's Grand Central Terminal train station. They were conceived at this imposing size and vibrancy to demonstrate the brilliance of colour photography and the Eastman Kodak Company products, and many feature people at exotic locations like the Taj Mahal, Machu Picchu and a family at Yosemite National Park, California, in 1968. There are the Moon landings of 1971, Mars, beach holidays and water skiing, skiing and snow scenes, teenage parties, a child and mother playing with dolls, duck hunting, family camping, nine beautiful models in tight corseted swimsuits in 1954 on a beach, and our favourite must be The Rocketts pictured in 1958, all 36 young lady dancers in bright red satin basques with white fur hats and big smiles, all pointing their left foot identically and in a sweeping Colorama panorama which is a splendid gatefold page. Another gatefold is Yosemite Park. Another favourite are 15 babies in colourful baby grows pictured in 1984 and then again four years later to compare how they have grown, and there are pandas and koalas and superb images from the likes of famous photographers Ansel Adams, Lee Howick and Neil Montanus. What better way to memorialise all of life's moments? A truly beautifully made tome from TeNeues publishers, landscape format 12" x 9½".
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