<description>&lt;p&gt;The photographs of pioneer color photographer Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorsky (1863–1944) give us a remarkable view into a world that is now lost &amp;#8211; the Russian Empire just before the Russian Revolution and World War I. In this podcast we explore both Prokudin-Gorsky&amp;#8217;s photographs and the unique tri-color photographic technique he employed to create them.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Links for this podcast:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt; Book &amp;#8211; &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/3899554396/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=390957&amp;amp;creativeASIN=3899554396&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;tag=camerposit-20&amp;amp;linkId=HKVV4LCGH7WSXG4U"&gt;Nostalgia: The Russian Empire of Czar Nicholas II Captured in Colored Photographs by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img loading="lazy" decoding="async" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=camerposit-20&amp;amp;l=as2&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=3899554396" alt="" width="1" height="1" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/" target="_blank"&gt;The Empire that was Russia&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8211; Library of Congress collection of Prokudin-Gorskii photographs and information&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;figure id="attachment_1890" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1890" style="width: 704px" class="wp-caption alignnone"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photohistory.jeffcurto.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/p87-5251.jpg"&gt;&lt;img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-1890" src="http://photohistory.jeffcurto.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/p87-5251.jpg" alt="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" width="704" height="608" srcset="https://photohistory.jeffcurto.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/p87-5251.jpg 704w, https://photohistory.jeffcurto.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/p87-5251-640x553.jpg 640w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;figcaption id="caption-attachment-1890" class="wp-caption-text"&gt;Peasant Girls &amp;#8211; 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&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt; </description>

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

<p>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.</p> <p>Links for this podcast:</p> <ul> <li> 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><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=camerposit-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=3899554396" alt="" width="1" height="1" border="0" /></li> <li><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</li> </ul> <figure id="attachment_1890" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1890" style="width: 704px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="http://photohistory.jeffcurto.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/p87-5251.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-1890" src="http://photohistory.jeffcurto.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/p87-5251.jpg" alt="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" width="704" height="608" srcset="https://photohistory.jeffcurto.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/p87-5251.jpg 704w, https://photohistory.jeffcurto.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/p87-5251-640x553.jpg 640w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-1890" class="wp-caption-text">Peasant Girls &#8211; 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</figcaption></figure>