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Post by mnhermit on Nov 2, 2010 22:30:30 GMT -5
It's amazing what you can find on the internet. www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/08/russia_in_color_a_century_ago.htmlWith images from southern and central Russia in the news lately due to extensive wildfires, I thought it would be interesting to look back in time with this extraordinary collection of color photographs taken between 1909 and 1912. In those years, photographer Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944) undertook a photographic survey of the Russian Empire with the support of Tsar Nicholas II. He used a specialized camera to capture three black and white images in fairly quick succession, using red, green and blue filters, allowing them to later be recombined and projected with filtered lanterns to show near true color images. The high quality of the images, combined with the bright colors, make it difficult for viewers to believe that they are looking 100 years back in time - when these photographs were taken, neither the Russian Revolution nor World War I had yet begun. Collected here are a few of the hundreds of color images made available by the Library of Congress, which purchased the original glass plates back in 1948And I want to thank the Library of Congress for making them available on the 'net - over 2000 photos.
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Post by Kramster on Nov 2, 2010 22:44:19 GMT -5
Cool stuff..thanks
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Post by sidheguitarmichael on Nov 2, 2010 22:45:34 GMT -5
Two thumbs up on that.
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Post by RickW on Nov 2, 2010 23:14:42 GMT -5
Wow, those look, quality wise, like they could have been taken yesterday. Moving water seems a bit weird, but other than that. so cool.
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Post by Marshall on Nov 2, 2010 23:58:32 GMT -5
Love those babies.
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Post by Doug on Nov 3, 2010 0:18:09 GMT -5
+1
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Post by dickt on Nov 3, 2010 6:46:17 GMT -5
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Post by Supertramp78 on Nov 3, 2010 7:24:16 GMT -5
amazing stuff
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Post by omaha on Nov 3, 2010 7:35:43 GMT -5
Cool
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Post by John B on Nov 3, 2010 22:16:24 GMT -5
Absolutely stunning. Thanks for the links, Dennis and Dick.
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Post by Cornflake on Nov 3, 2010 22:25:15 GMT -5
Very cool. Thanks.
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Post by Fingerplucked on Nov 4, 2010 11:21:23 GMT -5
Interesting how those people stand out in some of those pics. They almost look 3D.
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Post by TKennedy on Nov 4, 2010 12:02:32 GMT -5
That's the neatest thing I've seen for a while. Thanks!
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