“Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944) undertook a photographic survey of the Russian Empire with the support of Tsar Nicholas II between 1909-1912. 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.” Absolutely incredible.
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oh man i saw this set of pictures like last week and i was just thinking about them today! crazy stuff, awesome pictures.
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Now I know what inspired
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oh man i saw this set of pictures like last week and i was just thinking about them today! crazy stuff, awesome...
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cursivebuildings said:
Seen these before… so great. But never seen the photograph you posted. Immense. It’s like I’m stepping into a time, long past.
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catjungle reblogged this from peterbaker and added:
BEAUTIFUL. Has that meaty, textured quality...silver plate, and
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jayrobinson said:
That is absolutely incredible that they had that foresight. It is amazing to see the world as it was, without the black and white feel that makes it seem out of time.
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These are incredible! Click through for
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