History of Photography Podcast 8 : Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky




History of Photography Podcast show

Summary: The photographs of pioneer color photographer Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorsky (1863–1944) give us a remarkable view into a world that is now lost – the Russian Empire just before the Russian Revolution and World War I. In this podcast we explore both Prokudin-Gorsky’s photographs and the unique tri-color photographic technique he employed to create them.<br> Links for this podcast:<br> <br> *  Book – <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/3899554396/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=3899554396&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=camerposit-20&amp;linkId=HKVV4LCGH7WSXG4U">Nostalgia: The Russian Empire of Czar Nicholas II Captured in Colored Photographs by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii</a><br> * <a href="http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/" target="_blank">The Empire that was Russia</a> – Library of Congress collection of Prokudin-Gorskii photographs and information<br> <br>