SUMMER 1956 – A color photo shows Edith Schweim on the patio of a holiday appartment in St.-Peter-Ording in Germany. © Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com
The story behind the photo
This is one of the early color photos in our family archive. Presumably shot by my grandfather, it shows my grandmother, Edith Schweim née Gehring, as she sits in front of their holiday appartment in St.-Peter-Ording in Germany.
The print is dated 1956, and it is in a poor condition today. See the comparison of the color calibrated, unedited scan below: the colors have faded into yellow, and details vanish in this sea of yellow. My edit got rid of the red and yellow bias and I like the result. I guess my edited version is what Edith and Otto got back from the lab 69 years ago when the print was still fresh.
The high resolution image
| Capture Date | Summer 1956 |
| Location | St.-Peter-Ording, Germany |
| Image Source | 6 x 6 cm print |
| Digital Image Source | EPSON Perfection 4870 Photo |
| Digital Image Source Format | TIFF, 48 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Format | JPEG, 24 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Dimensions | 2584 x 2584 Pixels |
| Copyright | © by Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com |
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