Tuesday, 26 February 2013

Said Mir Mohammed Alim Khan, Emir Of Bukhara, 1911
Photo: Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky
(Library of Congress)

3 comments:

  1. I take it this photograph was hand-colored at some point, but it looks as if it could have been taken a week ago.

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    1. It isn't hand-coloured Jonathan. The process is quite complicated and a good description of it can be seen on the link provided.
      http://www.swoond.com/

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  2. I discovered Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky's photos recently, they are very interesting. And the colors are magnificent.

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