Title

Evgenievsky spring, Borzhom, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky.

Caption

Evgenievsky spring, Borzhom, between 1905 and 1915. Group of people standing near natural spring at a health resort (in Borjomi, Georgia); some are drinking the water. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944) was a pioneer in colour photography which he used to document early 20th-century Russia and her empire, including the vanishing way of life of tribal peoples along the Silk Route in Central Asia. In a railway-carriage darkroom provided by Czar Nicholas II, Prokudin-Gorsky used the three-colour photography process to record traditional costumes and occupations, churches and mosques - many now Unesco World Heritage sites - as well as modernisation in agriculture, industry and transport.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM24A05_373

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NA

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NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

62,7Mb (3,0Mb) / 16,5in x 14,7in / 4960 x 4416 (300dpi)

Keywords

travel water holiday holidays vacation building drink female women woman people male child children library man men health Asia resort drinking guy spring geography color Georgia springs pavilion spa location century georgian tourist attraction mineral water Library of Congress On Holiday Colour 1900s 1910s 20th century mineral spring mineral springs tourism geographical feature TGN photograph portrait health resort Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorsky Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky Prokudin-Gorsky Sergey Mikhaylovich Congressional Library Heritage Art Glass negatives still image Group portrait Color separation negatives Meeting of Frontiers Prokudin-Gorsky Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky Sergey Borjomi