Tsvetnaya imperiya. Rossiya do potryaseniy
Color Empire. Russia before upheaval
Book Description
Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorsky - the discoverer of color photography in Russia, research scientist, student of Dmitri Mendeleev. For many, many years, his name was forgotten all over the world, and only at the beginning of the 21st century, thanks to modern technology, we had the opportunity to get acquainted with the collection of the master and great inventor. In the first decade of the 20th century, Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky conceived and carried out several large-scale photo expeditions in and around the Russian Empire, traveling in a specially equipped railway car provided to him by the Ministry of Railways. 1900 negatives have survived, and we can see a colorful empire - Russia a hundred years ago: people of different nationalities, cities and provinces, culture and nature, monasteries and temples, crafts and trades, large-scale construction projects and agriculture, industry and minerals. You will see a living portrait of a huge power - a country on the eve of disasters and upheavals. A few years will pass, and the empire that Prokudin-Gorsky captured will be washed off the face of the earth by a wave of revolution. And "these images are eternal - they do not change," as the master himself said. And he turned out to be right. The book is in an exclusive handmade cover made of genuine leather, decorated with relief embossing. Thanks to high-quality materials, it will retain its original appearance for many years.
Author: Kolyvanova Valentina Valerievna
Year of publication: 2019
Number of pages: 424
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