The Italian battleship Vittorio Emanuele III in the Bosphorus in front of the Dolmabahce Palace and Mosque after the surrender of the Ottoman Empire, Constantinople, Turkey, 1918-1919

In this collection of photographs taken by French soldiers on the eastern front during World War I – over one hundred years ago – high resolution scans have revealed in stunning detail, not only the film’s grain structure, but also a rich patina of chemical alterations.