Russian Empire (1909-1915)
on Nov 18, 2008Outfitted with a specially equipped railroad car darkroom provided by Tsar Nicholas II Prokudin-Gorskiy documented the Russian Empire around 1909 through 1915. He conducted many illustrated lectures of his work. His photographs offer a vivid portrai...

Russian Empire
on Nov 12, 2008Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorskiy (1863-1944) was a Russian photographer. Prokudin-Gorskiy was born in Murom, Russia and educated as a chemist. He studied with renowned scientists in St. Petersburg, Berlin, and Paris, and developed early technique...