Russian Mysteries
Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii travelled all over the Russian Empire between 1909 and 1915 to create a massive collection of photographs which have a very mysterious quality about them - and the meeting of the old glass negatives and the digital colour processes used to recreate the pictures online just adds to it.
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love and thank you for sharing- enjoy your blog. G.
Posted by: pgtapp | April 26, 2009 12:09 AM
What an amazing find. I am so inspired by these!
Posted by: M | May 7, 2009 4:49 AM
That's a lovely selection, and I don't think any of them were included in the Library of Congress exhibition of the photos that was up a few years ago. I wonder whether anyone has tried recreating his camera... the results are superb for the right subjects.
Posted by: Karla | May 17, 2009 9:12 PM
Like the setting of a story by a great Russian writer -- a place I have only seen in the mind's eye.
Posted by: Lucy | July 24, 2009 1:05 AM