Russia in colour..a century ago!

[kilo delta]

extraordinary collection of color photographs taken between 1909 and 1912. In those years, photographer Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944) undertook a photographic survey of the Russian Empire with the support of Tsar Nicholas II. 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. The high quality of the images, combined with the bright colors, make it difficult for viewers to believe that they are looking 100 years back in time - when these photographs were taken, neither the Russian Revolution nor World War I had yet begun.

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

[Bjoern]

Ah dang, the photos are too old for a "In Soviet Russia..." joke. Fascinating stuff nonetheless.

[Roadburner440]

A nice collection of photographs. Looked like they actually had it half decent in their time before the communist revolution.

[brad kaste]

Kilo,....Wonderful sight. Thanks for posting.......

[Bjoern]

A nice collection of photographs. Looked like they actually had it half decent in their time before the communist revolution.

Some maybe, but most of them...I doubt it.

[Bone]

Fantastic shots! Great find!

[TeaSea]

Most Excellent....thanks Kilo....

[mrogers]

Amazing, extraordinary photos!
Very rare color pics indeed, looks so vibrant in color and a peek into life in 1910 before the Revolution
thanks KD.

[Dynasaur]

Have a look here http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/ - there are some other pictures and the history and method of the photographic system used.

[magoo]

......Absolutely extraordinary. Thank you for posting that. :salute: