100 year old color photographs of Russia

Mainecoonmaniac

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Take a look at these remarkable images of Russian taken with 3 shots of BW exposures.

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/08/russia_in_color_a_century_ago.html

 

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LOC popped this up some time ago:

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/

 

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Didn't know that. But your link is more informative than mine. Thanks a bunch!

 

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Mainecoonmaniac said:

Didn't know that. But your link is more informative than mine. Thanks a bunch!

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Interesting process and amazing shots. Did you see this 40s-50s Kodachrome circus collection?

http://tempest.lib.ilstu.edu/braathen.php

 

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I think I did. Some of the shots were from WWII. The shots looked as fresh as the day they were shot. Amazing. Some were 4x5 Kodachromes if I remember correctly.

 

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Mainecoonmaniac said:

I think I did. Some of the shots were from WWII. The shots looked as fresh as the day they were shot. Amazing. Some were 4x5 Kodachromes if I remember correctly.

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The circus collection is very different, not the WWII homefront propaganda shots in wide circulation.

 

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Thanks for the link, interesting to watch.

 

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The composition of the Russian images are terrific. This feller understood rule of thirds and other artistic composition criteria. I wonder if he studied art?

 

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I have a book of his photographs and they are truly amazing considering all these pictures were shot before the Russian Revolution in October 1917.

 

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Alan Klein said:

The composition of the Russian images are terrific. This feller understood rule of thirds and other artistic composition criteria. I wonder if he studied art?

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He was a chemist and inventor in the field of photography, see the Library of Congress page CGW pointed out:

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/gorskii.html

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