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| self portrait of Sergei beside Karolitskhali River c.1905-1915 |
Commissioned by the Czar Nicholas II; Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii (b. aug 30, 1863 d. sep 27, 1944) traveled the Russia Empire from 1909-1915, documenting it's people and places with color photography. He was also actively shooting during all of the years 1905-1918; until leaving Russia in 1918.
The process which he had helped pioneer; was essentially the combining of 3 identical photographs- but each one taken using a different colored filter (red,green,blue) - into a composite 4th photograph.
Such as this:
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| c.1905-1915 |
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| c.1905-1915 |
- Peasant girls offer berries to visitors at their izba.
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| 1909 |
- Trans Siberian railway bridge -Kama River near Perm.
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| 1910 |
- View of Saint Nil Stolbenskii Monastery, Lake Seliger.
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| 1910 |
- Alim Khan -Emir of Bukhara.
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| 1911 |
- Pinkhus Karlinskii (84 y.o.) 66 years of service. Supervisor of Chernigov floodgates.
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| 1909 |
- Boy standing near wooden gate post.
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| 1910 |
- Church in Vetluga settlement.
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| 1910 |
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| 1909 |
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1905-1915
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- Dvinsk Roman Catholic church
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| 1912 |
The Library of Congress bought the collection from his family in 1948, 4 years after his death. A total of 1902 negatives, and 710 album prints (without their corresponding negatives) survive, from an original estimated 10,000 negatives.
Sadly, no other photos have ever been found.
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| c.1905-1915 |
- Likanskii palace taken from Kura river
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| c.1905-1915 |
Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii photographed this vast polyglot Empire, as it balanced on the edge of a precipice.
A nation alone, and holding it's breath.
Within it's borders seethed unrest.
Imperial Russia in it's twilight years.
..... before World War and Revolution swept it all away.
- Leo Tolstoy (lithographic print made from a Prokudin-Gorskii photograph)
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| 1908 |
There are a couple more of these photos at the previous post:
Special thanks to:
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Library of Congress
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