These colour slides were taken by an unknown English tourist in the summer of 1967. I think this photographer had a great eye and the sixty or so slides which I bought online include some real gems. The first photograph shows Oliver Plunkett Street, Cork and I particularly like the shop signs and the reflections in the car mirror. The others show a very blue Dingle Harbour and sea urchin shells collected at Derrynane, County Kerry. The latter is a really strong image and the repeat pattern created by the shells is particularly appealing.
The vivd Kodachrome colour works equally well on both the streetscape and natural landscape. This process was launched in 1939 and only ceased production last year. Farewell Kodachrome is a site dedicated to the process and it contains some great images and essays. A book and exhibition by Guy Stricherz called Americans in Kodachrome, 1945-1965 contains ninety images taken, like these three, by anonymous amateur photographers.
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