Sanger Shepherd
| Company type | Private company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Electrical appliances, Photographic equipment |
| Founded | 1900 |
| Founder | Edward Sanger Shepherd |
| Defunct | 1927 |
| Headquarters | England |
Key people | Edward Sanger Shepherd |
| Products | Electrical appliances, Photographic equipment |
Sanger Shepherd and Company Limited was a firm specializing in electrical appliances and photographic equipment, recognized for creating the Sanger Shepherd technique in colour photography. Under the leadership of Edward Sanger Shepherd, the business was active between 1900 and 1927.
In the early 1900s, Sarah Angelina Acland from Oxford employed this method for pioneering colour photographs, with some examples now housed at the Museum of the History of Science in Oxford. The technique consisted of taking separate photographs through red, green, and blue filters, which were then combined to produce a full-colour image. The complete set was priced at £9/6/6 (£9.32½p).
The dye inhibition principle utilized in the Sanger-Shepherd process served as an inspiration for subsequent developments, including Kodak's Dye-Transfer process that debuted in 1946.
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- 1900 establishments in England
- 1927 disestablishments in England
- Manufacturing companies disestablished in 1927
- Photography companies of England
- Defunct photography companies
- History of photography
- Color photography
- British companies established in 1900
- Manufacturing companies established in 1900
- British companies disestablished in 1927