En Vitesse
Photograph
1903 (photographed)
1903 (photographed)
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Demachy came from a wealthy banking family and was one of the first automobile owners in France. He was a proponent of the gum bichromate process, a technique that allowed for brushwork and other manipulation, yielding pictures that looked more like paintings or drawings than photographs. Here, he used it to amplify the blur of a speeding car and the dust cloud in its wake.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Gum bichromate print |
| Brief description | Photograph by Robert Demachy, 'En Vitesse [Speed]', 1903, gum bichromate print |
| Physical description | Photograph of a car travelling down a dirt road at high speed. A cloud of dust is shown behind the car. |
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| Credit line | The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund. |
| Summary | Demachy came from a wealthy banking family and was one of the first automobile owners in France. He was a proponent of the gum bichromate process, a technique that allowed for brushwork and other manipulation, yielding pictures that looked more like paintings or drawings than photographs. Here, he used it to amplify the blur of a speeding car and the dust cloud in its wake. |
| Associated object | PROV.2488-2017 (RPS Group record) |
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| Accession number | RPS.2253-2017 |
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| Record created | August 21, 2017 |
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