Prokudin-Gorskii Collection - About this Collection

What Russia looked like before 1917 … in color
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Though some of his images date back to 1905, the bulk of his work documenting the Russian empire of Tsar Nicholas II took place between 1909-1915. Prokudin-Gorskii’s color photos were recorded as “separation negatives” on black and white glass plates. The camera he used made three sequential exposures through blue, green and red filters. He then printed these negatives as positives, which he inserted into a magic lantern to project and superimpose the frames back through the same combination of filters. The result was a full color reproduction of the original scene.

Les images sont accessibles ici :
►http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/prok

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Prokudin-Gorskii Collection

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About the Prokudin-Gorskii Collection

The Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii #Collection features color photographic surveys of the vast #Russian_Empire made between ca. 1905 and 1915. Frequent subjects among the 2,607 distinct images include people, religious architecture, historic sites, industry and agriculture, public works construction, scenes along water and railway transportation routes, and views of villages and cities. An active photographer and scientist, #Prokudin_Gorskii (1863-1944) undertook most of his ambitious color #documentary project from 1909 to 1915. The #Library of Congress purchased the collection from the #photographer's sons in 1948.

▻http://www.prokudin-gorsky.ru/database.php3?first=0

The online collection presents Prokudin-Gorskii’s vision and legacy in several image formats:

Glass #negatives: 1,902 b&w triple-frame #images made with color separation #filters
Sepia-tone prints: 705 photos for which no glass negatives exist (reproduced from Prokudin-Gorskii’s albums)
#Album pages showing all 2,433 sepia-tone prints and captions
Modern color composites: 1,902 digital images made from the glass negatives in 2004
Modern #color renderings: 122 digital files made from the glass negatives in 2000-2001.
►http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/prok

Thanks to @wizo

Prokudin-Gorskii Collection - About this Collection - Prints & Photographs Online Catalog (Library of Congress)
►http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/prok

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The Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii Collection features color photographic surveys of the vast Russian Empire made between ca. 1905 and 1915. Frequent subjects among the 2,607 distinct images include people, religious architecture, historic sites, industry and agriculture, public works construction, scenes along water and railway transportation routes, and views of villages and cities. An active photographer and scientist, Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944) undertook most of his ambitious color documentary project from 1909 to 1915. The Library of Congress purchased the collection from the photographer’s sons in 1948.

The online collection presents Prokudin-Gorskii’s vision and legacy in several image formats:

Glass negatives: 1,902 b&w triple-frame images made with color separation filters
Sepia-tone prints: 705 photos for which no glass negatives exist (reproduced from Prokudin-Gorskii’s albums)
Album pages showing all 2,433 sepia-tone prints and captions
Modern color composites: 1,902 digital images made from the glass negatives in 2004
Modern color renderings: 122 digital files made from the glass negatives in 2000-2001.

▻http://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?st=grid&co=prok

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#images #russie