“Old school” photography – from Russia…you’ll want to look

[kendal larson]

Jaw-droppingly beautiful. The photographer, Sergei Mikhailovich
Prokudin-Gorskii, took 3 separate shots, with deep red, green, and blue
filters, then combined them in slide projections using the same filters.
The Library of Congress, owners of the negatives, used digital
technology (which is similar in concept) to make prints.

Be prepared to be blown away. We’ve never had a color window to that age
before, let alone one so talented.

Slide show:

http://www.newsweek.com/id/214585

Website with all photos, and fascinating bckground and history:

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/

Thought folks here might appreciate seeing the sets.

[lauren]

Zach and I were ooh-ing and ah-ing over these a couple of days ago at breakfast.

[cole m.]

Whoa, that is awesome!

[Mike McKeown]

Pretty cool pix… there is soo much emotion in such simple images…

[Chad Simcox]

I really dig the architecture shots. He was doing the technicolor process before it was around.

http://society6.com/grainfarmer Fly Fishing and Landscape open edition Photography prints.

http://grainfarmer.vsco.co/ iPhone photos
http://instagram.com/chad_simcox Instagram

[john michael white]

Really cool!

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