@PugJesusM to HistoryPornEnglish • 9 months agoColor photo of Russian monks planting potatoes, 1910imagemessage-square4arrow-up1121arrow-down13
arrow-up1118arrow-down1imageColor photo of Russian monks planting potatoes, 1910@PugJesusM to HistoryPornEnglish • 9 months agomessage-square4
minus-squareChainweasellinkEnglish6•9 months agoIt’s interesting how most of the really early color photography seems to come out of the Russian Empire.
minus-squaresmallauberginelinkfedilink5•9 months agoThe US library of congress has a nice collection. prokudin had invented a method of taking 3 separate images with r g b filters. https://www.loc.gov/collections/prokudin-gorskii/about-this-collection/
minus-squarePugJesusMlinkfedilink4•9 months agoThe man who took these pictures was an early innovator in color photography and patronized by the Tsar, so he had a lot of opportunity. Some very gorgeous work, I love it.
It’s interesting how most of the really early color photography seems to come out of the Russian Empire.
The US library of congress has a nice collection. prokudin had invented a method of taking 3 separate images with r g b filters. https://www.loc.gov/collections/prokudin-gorskii/about-this-collection/
The man who took these pictures was an early innovator in color photography and patronized by the Tsar, so he had a lot of opportunity. Some very gorgeous work, I love it.