3 wk. ago • 100%

What would you called this type of photo? A old postcard of Nanko Temple, Kobe, Japan.

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An old postcard

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- Isn't there a word for the aesthetic yet?
  
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  Grainy
  
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  I'd like to know too. It evokes a strange sense of nostalgia.
  
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  Postcard aesthetic isn't good enough?
  
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looks like a b&w grainy picture thats been colorized with watercolor. supposed to be dreamy/romanticized

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I just love the look of old postcards

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Check out Autochrome images, some very intriguing early color photography using that process.

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- I think it is an earlier process from 1880 called photochrom invented by Hans Jacob Schmid and close to lithography. It is an hand-coloring process. Autochrome came later and are closer to photography with additive color on a mosaic screen plate.
  
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It looks like a hand coloured photo to me, which were apparently popular in Japan for a while

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I just love the look of old postcards

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