LOOK: A Must See Site !! : Not to MISS !!!!!!

gvf

You may be familiar with the work of the "Tsar's Photographer" - but if not, PLEASE go to see his work and read above the photos a short reference to his revolutionary technique.


Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii:

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/201...ntury_ago.html

And there's more on this site - click the thumbnail for large view of photo. These may have been digitally re-mastered from the original glass plates, not sure:

http://www.museum.ru/museum/1812/Memorial/PG/colorpg_1.html

anonymouscuban

Simply amazing. It's hard to imagine these pictures were taken over 100 years ago. You associate color pictures with pictures taken in recent times. If you didn't tell me these were taken a century ago, I would assume they were reinacted and taken more recently.

ivar

This post also has some other photos and info about the same photographer