Sujet

Church in Koldakhvary, eight versts from Gagra, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky.

Légende

Church in Koldakhvary, eight versts from Gagra, between 1905 and 1915. Timber buildings with mountains beyond, 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.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM24A06_156

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

60,3Mo (4,0Mo) / 42,0cm x 35,9cm / 4960 x 4246 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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