Prokudin-Gorskii’s Color Photos of Russia, 1907-1915

 

Photos: Prokudin-Gorskii’s Color Photos of Russia, 1907-1915 | Newsweek International | Newsweek.com

I had no idea that color photography even existed over 100 years ago.  I’m always surprised to see any color photos from as early as the late 1930s.  The photos in the link above show a pre-Revolutionary Russia, and provide a fascinating glimpse into a time and place that has long since disappeared.  I’m assuming the vast majority of the architecture still exists.

The photos are so much richer than I would have expected to see. 

Beautiful.