‘A new way of seeing the past’ … bathers at Siouville-Hague in Normandy, France, photographed by Gustave Gain, 1921There is a disconnect when we look at old photos. The early 1900s are distant and unfamiliar to the vast majority of 21st-century humans. Technology, society and culture have transformed tremendously since the days when photographers like Paul Castelnau and Stéphane Passet snapped the early colour images found within this book.
Humphryes’s intention in undertaking this incredible enhancement work is to connect the past with the present, allowing us to develop an intimacy and deeper emotional resonance with the people in these photographs. They could just as well be people you see on the street or in the supermarket
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