The Prokudin-Gorskii collection
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altarielI sometimes joke that a lot of history happened in black and white. And that round about the turn of the century, people moved in a funny, jerky way.
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shezan, in a series of terrific posts, has saved me the effort of writing about the plates from the collection of Mikhail Prokudin Gorskii. Between 1905 and 1915, Gorskii travelled across imperial Russia, taking pictures. It's only in the past few years that these plates have been colourized. They are remarkable.
The following links lead to very big pictures.shezan starts with a summary of Prokudin Gorskii's life in this post. The colours in these pictures are startling. More here, with this great insight: "The result is this calm, reflective view of the land and its inhabitants. It is the reverse of jingoistic imperialism; landscape as horizon rather than frontier."
shezan, in a series of terrific posts, has saved me the effort of writing about the plates from the collection of Mikhail Prokudin Gorskii. Between 1905 and 1915, Gorskii travelled across imperial Russia, taking pictures. It's only in the past few years that these plates have been colourized. They are remarkable. The following links lead to very big pictures.
shezan starts with a summary of Prokudin Gorskii's life in this post. The colours in these pictures are startling. More here, with this great insight: "The result is this calm, reflective view of the land and its inhabitants. It is the reverse of jingoistic imperialism; landscape as horizon rather than frontier."
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