Color Photos From The Russian Empire, ca. 1900

[William Kahn]

<p>This is a link to some truly stunning color photos taken in various places in the Russian empire before the 1918 revolution. Some of the comments following the photos are also interesting. Here's the URL:<br>

 

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<p ><a title="http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2009/10/21/color-photography-from-russian-in-the-early-1900s/" href="http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2009/10/21/color-photography-from-russian-in-the-early-1900s/" target="1">http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2009/10/21/color-photography-from-russian-in-the-early-1900s/</a></p>

 

 

 

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<p>Some of the comment following the the photos are also interesting, including this one, which I'm sure posted by someone who leaves 3/3 ratings here:<br>

"Unfortunately they don’t really look old. It would help if the artist added a little sepia tone, or even went B&W."</p>

<p>Enjoy...</p>

[mike_stemberg]

<p>Utterly fascinating imagery! Thank you for sharing.</p>

[JDMvW]

<p>Here's the Library of Congress full-site from that article in the <em>Denver Post</em> (<a href="http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/">Library of Congress</a> ). It was, as you probably guessed, a red-green-blue three-negative system.</p>

[mark_chartrand]

<p>William</p>

<p>Very impressive. This is one of the many things we get from the members of Photo.net that makes this site so worthwhile. Thank you.</p>

<p>Mark</p>

[py-photography]

<p>William,<br>

Thanks very much for sharing the link.<br>

The photos are stunning to say the least.<br>

I enjoyed the journey through time...</p>

[walter_strong5]

<p>Absolutely wonderful! I took a trip down the Volga River from St. Petersburg to Moscow in about 2001. Things hadn't changed that much ! Seventy years of communism really held back Russia's development.</p>

[bjscharp]

<p>This has been posted before, but with <a href="http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/">this link</a>.</p>

 

<p>Over there, the reproductions are MUCH better (much less coloured fringing).</p>

 

<p>Compare <a href="http://denverpost.slideshowpro.com/albums/001/496/album-71639/cache/russia001.sJPG_920_590_0_95_1_50_50.sJPG?1256142466">this one</a> to <a href="http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/images/p87-6040.jpg">this one</a> for example.</p>

 

<p>But yes, they're beautiful pictures.</p>

[colin carron]

<p>Fascinating stuff!</p>

[starvy]

<p>astounding pictures. i am quite curious about the sharpness on all these shots. they look a lot sharper than other images i have seen from similar era. are these enhanced or the others i have seem, simply rubbish?<br>

the self portrait of the photographer is most interesting. the water is magically slow exposured flowy. yes the face of the photographer is sharp. either he could sit still for a long period or maybe two exposures being taken here?</p>

[mark_drutz]

<p>I've seen Autochrome color photos in National Geographic and other places taken around this time. I wonder if these are Autochromes. They are beautiful.</p>