I just spotted a link to these awesome pre-WWI photos from Russia over at Coyote Blog. I sent the link to my brother but then figured some of you may enjoy them as well. I know they're not all from present day Russia, but they may have been part of greater Russia. (I don't know the boundaries of Russia at that time.) At any rate, I had no idea color photographs go that far back.
Update: Another link with some more explanations on some of the photos.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
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Color photos in so much that they have been digitally recreated. Impressive what a little color can do to an image. Interesting how lack of color can make an image feel like such a different world.
ReplyDeleteI feel dumb . . . I thought that might have been the case but it didn't say it anywhere.
ReplyDeleteI was curious, so I looked it up, and they DID have color photography back when these pictures were taken (so you're not totally dumb, Rob.) The Russian pictures were digitally enhanced, but some of the other pictures on that website, like the "Britannia in Colour, 1928" were originally printed in color.
ReplyDeleteAnd, actually, when I read that other link you put up, it says the Russian pictures were originally printed in color, but for this new exhibition, they went through and intensified the colors.
ReplyDeleteWell I'll be!
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