Sujet
Tea factory in Chakva; Chinese foreman Lau-Dzhen-Dzhau, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky.
Légende
Tea factory in Chakva; Chinese foreman Lau-Dzhen-Dzhau, between 1905 and 1915. Foreman poses with established tea plants and new plantings at a tea farm and processing plant in Chakva, a small town just north of Batumi. The semi-tropical climate of the Black Sea coast in modern-day Georgia was ideal for growing tea. 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.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM24A05_350
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Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
64,1Mo (4,7Mo) / 42,0cm x 38,3cm / 4960 x 4519 (300dpi)