Color Photos from 1910!

[Wanderlust]

These are amazing!

Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky was a Russian chemist and photographer. He is best known for his pioneering work in color photography of early 20th-century Russia.

These images were taken in 1910-1912, this is what the world looked like 100 years ago! Seeing actual color photos from so long ago brings such a special connection to these people and places who have long been forgotten.

The first one is the man himself.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Prokudin-Gorsky

I find this guy particularly fascinating! I want to know his story!

 

[Kirby]

See, it just confirms that the world wasn't only in black and white! Beautiful pictures, and great camera work.

 

[RoJoHen]

"Say cheese!" must be a more recent development. All of these people look like they want to kill the cameraman.

 

[spooky spice]

Gorgeous photos, fascinating to see the world 100 years ago in colour!

thanks for posting

 

[Crewman47]

The detail on some of those is better that I ever saw in polaroids from the 80's and 90's! What would the camera have been like that he was using and what kind of resolution did it have?

 

[iguana_tonante]

These images were taken in 1910-1912, this is what the world looked like 100 years ago!

Not so different from today, it seems. Bit more dirty, bit more colourful, definitively more hairy.

 

[ShamelessMcBundy]

"Say cheese!" must be a more recent development. All of these people look like they want to kill the cameraman.

How would you feel if you just got your soul stolen?

 

[RoJoHen]

Meh. I never had much of one to begin with.

 

[Amaris]

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This man is a total badass.

 

[Snaploud]

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This man is a total badass.

He looks kind of like an older version of Chumlee from Pawn Stars.

 

[Wanderlust]

He has his own Wikipedia article! Apparently he was a prince! [and then a king]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alim_Khan

From the article he was the last direct descendant of Genghis Khan to serve as a national ruler. o.o

 

[Capn Flukie]

I love stuff like this. Thank you for posting.

 

[Amaris]

He has his own Wikipedia article! Apparently he was a prince! [and then a king]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alim_Khan

From the article he was the last direct descendant of Genghis Khan to serve as a national ruler. o.o

Wow!

 

[Capn Flukie]

KHAAAAN!!!!!

 

[Candlelight]

As a ninja, this man fails.

For one, I can see him.

 

[Unicron]

Black and white are both colors, so technically...

 

[RoJoHen]

Black and white are both colors

That's debatable.

 

[Capn Flukie]

Here is a page of color photos from Egypt in 1920...

Color Photos of Egypt - 1920s

Take a look at the other stuff on this blog as well, it's super cool.

 

[scotpens]

Black and white are both colors, so technically...

Black is the absence of color. White is a combination of all colors.

Does anyone know how these photos were made? Did color emulsions exist back then, or did the camera make RGB separations on black-and-white film (or glass plates, whatever) like the old 3-strip Technicolor?

 

[Amasov]

While these are not really in color, it's still fascinating to see Titanic in color rather than it being a black and white photo or a full color painting.

These are part of a project to take Titanic photos and color them digitally. The site can be found here: http://3dhistory.de/wordpress/?page_id=1308

Here are some highlights.