Nostalgia Photography The Russian Empire of Czar Nicholas II (Gestalten Verlag)
 
 
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Nostalgia Photography The Russian Empire of Czar Nicholas II (Gestalten Verlag)

 
 
 
Photographer Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii

Nostalgia - an early colour photography project by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii (1863–1944). Fine art prints and winner of the German Photobook Prize

In 1909, Russian chemist and photographer Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii (1863–1944) set out on a journey to capture all of Russia in colour on behalf of Czar Nicholas II.

One of the early pioneers of colour photography, he systematically documented the vast empire with the unprecedented technique he had developed - a method in which he used colour-sensitive glass plates - decades before the widespread availability of colour film....

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