What would you called this type of photo? A old postcard of Nanko Temple, Kobe, Japan.

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An old postcard
- Isn't there a word for the aesthetic yet?
  
  Grainy
  
  Postcard aesthetic isn't good enough?
  
  I'd like to know too. It evokes a strange sense of nostalgia.
I just love the look of old postcards
Check out Autochrome images, some very intriguing early color photography using that process.
- I think it is an earlier process from 1880 called photochrom invented by Hans Jacob Schmid and close to lithography. It is an hand-coloring process. Autochrome came later and are closer to photography with additive color on a mosaic screen plate.
looks like a b&w grainy picture thats been colorized with watercolor. supposed to be dreamy/romanticized
It looks like a hand coloured photo to me, which were apparently popular in Japan for a while
I just love the look of old postcards

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