The Wonderful World Of Albert Kahn

Episode Three

Until recently, Kahn's huge collection of 72,000 autochromes remained relatively unheard of; the vast majority of them unpublished. Now, a century after he launched his Archives of the Planet project, the BBC Book The Wonderful World of Albert Kahn, and the television series it accompanies, are bringing Kahn's dazzling pictures to a mass audience for the first time and putting colour into what we tend to think of as an entirely monochrome age.

Kahn’s palatial home at Cap Martin on the French Riviera, photographed around 1910
Albert Kahn’s much-loved garden at his home near Paris in 1911
Guests in the gardens of Kahn’s cliff-top residence in Cornwall on 25 August 1913

Albert Kahn Links

For more information about Kahn and his legacy, try the following links:

• The official website of the BBC television series
• Albert Kahn's Wikipedia entry
• The official website of the Albert Kahn Museum and Gardens (in French)
• A New York Times feature article about Albert Kahn and his gardens