It's No Pimp Brezhnev, But It's the Next Best Thing

[Nullifidian]

Photographs by Sergei Mikhailovich Produkin-Gorskii, Tsar Nicholas II's royal photographer, have been digitally restored by the Library of Congress.

Newsweek has a slide show.

And here's the Library of Congress website with even more pictures.

[davidm]

[livius drusus]

I've seen some of these before, but I can't remember where. They're some of the earliest color photography extant. I wonder how realistic the color looked when Gorskii first presented them in his slide shows. The digital versions are remarkable; bright, but still realistic.

[Watser?]

I'm playing the perfect soundtrack for some of those pics right now: Amazon.com: Before The Revolution: A 1909 Recording Expedition In The Caucasus & Central Asia By The Gramophone Company: Various Artists: Music

[livius drusus]

Aha! This is where I first saw Gorskii's work.

[Sauron]

Originally Posted by Nullifidian

Photographs by Sergei Mikhailovich Produkin-Gorskii, Tsar Nicholas II's royal photographer, have been digitally restored by the Library of Congress.

This is just superb, Nullifidan. Thanks so much.