Russia in Colour

I felt like I was transported back in time with these color photographs taken between 1909 and 1912 of the Russian Empire by photographer Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii. He used a specialized camera to capture three black and white images in quick succession, using red, green and blue filters, allowing them to later be recombined and projected with filtered lanterns to show near true color images. I've only included a couple from this site, which itself only selected a couple from the hundreds of images made available by the Library of Congress.

Do check out the site for captions for the photos I attached. I am left in awe.

Thanks COURTNEY for the cool find!

Caroline