100 year old color photographs of Russia

[Mainecoonmaniac]

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

 

[CGW]

LOC popped this up some time ago:

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

 

[Mainecoonmaniac]

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

 

[CGW]

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

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

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

 

[Mainecoonmaniac]

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.

 

[CGW]

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.

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

 

[Marco B]

Thanks for the link, interesting to watch.

 

[Alan Klein]

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?

 

[benjiboy]

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.

 

[Marco B]

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?

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

Marco