I discovered the original image by accident. I was, of course, looking for something entirely different. The Port of Audierne was taken by Gustave Gain around 1900. It’s in the Brittany area being on the Goyen river, a tributary leading to the Atlantic Ocean.
I tinkered with the autochrome by using a variety of Photoshop and Topaz tools in order to brighten the image and digitally re-work it as a painting.
Gustave Gain was born in 1876 in Cherbourg . He was a chemist and photographer who used to repeatedly exposed his autochromes. He died in 1945 in Paris.
Why a ‘conceit’ you ask? This is a nod to the fact that Gain’s photograph is ‘hidden’ within the digital painting I made of it and because I couldn’t think of a title that would differentiate it from all my other harbour and related images.
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Stay safe and keep laughing!
Sarah
First Night Design 
Beautiful, Sarah.
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Bless you, Mary.
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It is lovely, Sarah. I would love to be at the sea right now.
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Thank you, Kerry. You wouldn’t like the sea here with all the wind and rain we have!
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This is incredibly beautiful, Sarah. I almost can’t stop staring at it.
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Thank you so much!
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Oh, it’s lovely!
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Ooh, thank you, Christy!
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