Sujet

General view of Shakh-i Zindeh mosque, from the northwest, Samarkand, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky.

Légende

General view of Shakh-i Zindeh mosque, from the northwest, Samarkand, between 1905 and 1915. The Shah-i-Zinda Ensemble includes mausoleums and other ritual buildings of 11th-15th and 19th centuries. 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

HRM24A06_097

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

59,8Mo (3,5Mo) / 42,0cm x 35,7cm / 4960 x 4213 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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