10 Beautifully Eerie Color Photographs By One Of The First Women Photographers

by Kailey Thompson

Etheldreda Laing first began taking photos of her daughters when she was 38 years old, using Autochrome, an early color photography process. She processed the photos in a darkroom in her Oxford home and later became known for photos she took of her daughters, Janet and Iris, ages 12 and 7 respectively.

 
Check out these photos of her daughters Laing took in the garden of her Oxford home in 1908.

 

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