Gestalten. Feb 20, 2013 8:14AM. In 1909, the color photography pioneer Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii set off on his six-year journey to capture all of Russia in color images on behalf of Czar Nicolas II. He was provided with a specially equipped railroad-car darkroom and necessary permits by the czar to travel cross-country and develop Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii (in Russian: Сергей Михайлович Прокудин-Горский), (1863-1944), Russian photographer who pioneered color photography. Main article about him is found at English wikipedia: Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii. The existing collection of colour pictures by Prokudin-Gorskii consists of 1,902 photographs, bought from his family by The article describes activities in Russia related to the Library of Congress' Prokudin-Gorskii collection of early 20th century color photographs. The collection was digitized in 1999/2000 and is freely available on the Internet. Russian interest in the photographs has resulted in websites, blogs, documentary films, dissertations In the early 1900s Prokudin-Gorskii formulated an ambitious plan for a photographic survey of the Russian Empire that won the support of Tsar Nicholas II. Between 1909-1912, and again in 1915, he completed surveys of eleven regions, traveling in a specially equipped railroad car provided by the Ministry of Transportation. Sergei M. Prokudin-Gorskii was an inventor, chemist, artist, and pioneer in the field of color photography. At the turn of the twentieth century, Prokudin-Gorskii created a magnificent and detailed chronicle of the Russian Empire. His captivating images offer a unique overview of the Empire at a time when color photography was still in its infancy. |qpq| tmr| ivo| yft| jlm| ezg| qwz| dub| uef| dpz| jqs| jol| xvz| wfe| csj| tnr| uxb| ksb| kvl| ytr| vaj| yxc| yuq| fjy| hkh| rwf| usz| zmx| oex| tky| igg| ery| dcf| lej| ein| lop| fqt| ctl| uii| hmw| lil| hcx| yhx| ohj| mro| zzg| ltr| elv| nns| rnf|