I look pretty good for my age, right?
Don’t answer that.
So check out this fascinating little piece of photographic history that was running on BBC News online today:
These color photographs are 100 years old. I’m completely fascinated by this. Not only do they bring to life a past that is frequently difficult to imagine from grainy black and white photographs, but the actual process invented to create them is brilliant.
A coffee table book was produced in 1980 with Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii’s photographs. I wonder if the print quality was any good. I may have to check into it.
That's very cool!
ReplyDeleteThat is really cool! Those images look amazing!
ReplyDeleteMy mother in law gave me this book. It's worth it. The photographs are fascinating.
ReplyDeleteI decided to buy it (used) on Amazon.com. I also -ahem- had to buy this book too: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0810993813
DeleteOoooooooo.
I might have to give in and buy that one! My mother in law was born in Tomsk and loves collecting Russian crafts.
DeleteThose are amazing! I didn't know they could take colour photos back then. They are so clear.
ReplyDeleteThat is completely fascinating!!! Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteSo, they had colored clothing back then, huh?
ReplyDeleteThose are amazing photos.