@PugJesusM to HistoryPornEnglish • edit-27 months agoSelf-portrait by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, early pioneer of color photography, Russian Empire, 1912imagemessage-square12arrow-up1273arrow-down14
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minus-squareKronusdarklinkEnglish28•7 months agoMore and More when I see posts like this on social media, I look with a skeptical eye. I did a little googling and was happy to confirm this is legit. It’s pretty cool seeing color photos this old. Almost like time travel.
minus-square@PugJesusOPMlinkEnglish22•7 months agoSergey Prokudin-Gorsky did a large number of these in what-was-then the Russian Empire. They have such vibrancy in their coloring, I love them. It’s not only fascinating pieces of history, but gorgeous photography in its own right!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•7 months agoDamn. Are you sure these weren’t shot on iPhone? 😂 Such high quality.
More and More when I see posts like this on social media, I look with a skeptical eye. I did a little googling and was happy to confirm this is legit. It’s pretty cool seeing color photos this old. Almost like time travel.
Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky did a large number of these in what-was-then the Russian Empire. They have such vibrancy in their coloring, I love them. It’s not only fascinating pieces of history, but gorgeous photography in its own right!
That’s amazing! He must have been a genius.
Damn. Are you sure these weren’t shot on iPhone? 😂 Such high quality.