• bazingabrain [comrade/them]
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    4 months ago

    that was a russian photographer, who impressed tsar nicolas 2 so much he was officially commissioned to do a tour of the empire and take as many photographs he could. I havent found a complete source for his pics online yet.

    • context [fae/faer, fae/faer]
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      4 months ago

      these aren't complete and you may already be familiar, but for anyone interested:

      https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/in-search-of-true-color/

      https://tmora.org/online-exhibitions/photographer-to-the-tsar-revealing-the-silk-road/sergei-m-prokudin-gorskii/

      https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/sergei-prokudin-gorskii