The photographs of pioneer color photographer Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorsky (1863–1944) give us a remarkable view into a world that is now lost &#8211; the Russian Empire just before the Russian Revolution and World War I. In this podcast we explore both Prokudin-Gorsky&#8217;s photographs and the unique tri-color photographic technique he employed to create them.<br /> Links for this podcast:<br /> <br /> *  Book &#8211; <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/3899554396/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=3899554396&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=camerposit-20&amp;linkId=HKVV4LCGH7WSXG4U">Nostalgia: The Russian Empire of Czar Nicholas II Captured in Colored Photographs by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii</a><br /> * <a href="http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/" target="_blank">The Empire that was Russia</a> &#8211; Library of Congress collection of Prokudin-Gorskii photographs and information<br /> <br />

History of Photography Podcast

Jeff Curto

History of Photography Podcast 8 : Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky

APR 22, 2015-1 MIN
History of Photography Podcast

History of Photography Podcast 8 : Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky

APR 22, 2015-1 MIN

Description

The photographs of pioneer color photographer Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorsky (1863–1944) give us a remarkable view into a world that is now lost – the Russian Empire just before the Russian Revolution and World War I. In this podcast we explore both Prokudin-Gorsky’s photographs and the unique tri-color photographic technique he employed to create them.

Links for this podcast:

Peasant Girls - Three young women offer berries to visitors to their izba, a traditional wooden house, in a rural area along the Sheksna River, near the town of Kirillov. Photograph by Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky
Peasant Girls – Three young women offer berries to visitors to their izba, a traditional wooden house, in a rural area along the Sheksna River, near the town of Kirillov. Photograph by Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky