@PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-210 months agoSelf-portrait by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, early pioneer of color photography, Russian Empire, 1912lemmy.worldimagemessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1273arrow-down14
arrow-up1269arrow-down1imageSelf-portrait by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, early pioneer of color photography, Russian Empire, 1912lemmy.world@PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-210 months agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squareKronusdarklinkfedilinkEnglish28•10 months agoMore and More when I see posts like this on social media, I look with a skeptical eye. I did a little googling and was happy to confirm this is legit. It’s pretty cool seeing color photos this old. Almost like time travel.
minus-square@PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglish22•10 months agoSergey Prokudin-Gorsky did a large number of these in what-was-then the Russian Empire. They have such vibrancy in their coloring, I love them. It’s not only fascinating pieces of history, but gorgeous photography in its own right!
minus-square@Anticorp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•10 months agoThat’s amazing! He must have been a genius.
More and More when I see posts like this on social media, I look with a skeptical eye. I did a little googling and was happy to confirm this is legit. It’s pretty cool seeing color photos this old. Almost like time travel.
Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky did a large number of these in what-was-then the Russian Empire. They have such vibrancy in their coloring, I love them. It’s not only fascinating pieces of history, but gorgeous photography in its own right!
That’s amazing! He must have been a genius.
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