Title

General view of the city of Belozersk from the fortress wall [Russian Empire], 1909. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky.

Caption

General view of the city of Belozersk from the fortress wall [Russian Empire], 1909. 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

HRM24A06_006

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Rights managed

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65,3Mb (3,4Mb) / 16,5in x 15,4in / 4960 x 4605 (300dpi)

Keywords

city building buildings library house houses religious country religion church color dome Christianity cityscape location century Russia Russian concept Library of Congress Colour onion domes 1900s 20th century onion dome Russian Orthodox photograph landscape Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorsky Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky Prokudin-Gorsky Sergey Mikhaylovich domed Congressional Library Heritage Art Glass negatives still image Color separation negatives Meeting of Frontiers Prokudin-Gorsky Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky Sergey Vologda Oblast Belozersk