In the beginning of the 20th century, color photography was still in its infancy.
Such fringes are characteristics of many Prokudin-Gorsky’s photographs.
According to one estimate, Prokudin-Gorsky took over 10,000 photographs during these years.
After the Russian Revolution, Prokudin-Gorsky left Russia in 1918 and eventually settled in Paris.
Prokudin-Gorsky couldnt take all of his photographs with him when he left Russia.
Some of Prokudin-Gorsky’s negatives were given away, and some he hid on his departure.
An Armenian woman from Artvin in national costume.
Prokudin-Gorskii and others ride the Murmansk Railroad in a handcar along the shores of Lake Onega near Petrozavodsk.
The guard, with Russian rifle and bayonet, is attired in Russian-style uniform and boots.
This image escaped being confiscated by border guards probably because what is being represented is not immediately obvious.
The Ural Mountain region is noted for the richness of its iron deposits and ores.
Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii and members of his photographic team are shown here at their overnight campground.
Woman in formal dress, posed, standing near gate.
General view of the wharf at Mezhevaya Utka, 1912.
A water-carrier in Samarkand (present-day Uzbekistan), ca.
