Title

Sunset in Gagra, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky.

Caption

Sunset in Gagra, between 1905 and 1915. Evening on the Black Sea in what is now Abkhazia/Georgia. 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_133

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Rights managed

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62,8Mb (1,1Mb) / 16,5in x 14,7in / 4960 x 4424 (300dpi)

Keywords

weather sunset cloud clouds sea water library Asia religious light sun religion science still evening solar system astronomy geography church color Georgia Christianity location century stillness concept time of day Library of Congress Black Sea setting sun Colour Western Asia 1900s 1910s 20th century geographical feature TGN photograph sky Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorsky Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky Prokudin-Gorsky Sergey Mikhaylovich Abkhazia Congressional Library Heritage Art Glass negatives still image La soiree Color separation negatives Meeting of Frontiers Prokudin-Gorsky Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky Sergey Abkhazian A.S.S.R. Gagra