This image was taken in 1909 -- in color. Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii took it under the employ of the Tzar of Russia (right: the last one) along with a truckload of others using a three filter RGB process: some just as beautiful; others more so.If the turn of the century (the one before this last one) is recorded forever in sepia tones in your mind, check out his images to change that forever. Be sure not to miss the "Exhibition Schedule" menu -- categories include:
• Architecture
• Ethnic Diversity (whadya wanna bet they didn't call it that then?)
• Transportation
• People at Work
There also a whole section on how he created these images with three color filters -- very much like the way early digital imagery was captured.
Have fun. Be amazed.
1 comment:
I'd forgotten about these...I'm also struck by how isolated these great buildings and bridges are. Seems like everything was "in the middle of nowhere" in Russia at the time!
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