Russia in color, a century ago

Scar · #1 by **Scar** » Jan 11, 2012 10:30 pm

Not sure if this belongs in this board, but yeah. Thought I'd share these images. It's really breathtaking stuff. So freaking good, yet so long ago.

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/08/russia_in_color_a_century_ago.html

matt8819 · #2 by **matt8819** » Jan 11, 2012 10:53 pm

Those are amazing. It's...insane to know that they're over a hundred years old now

Kaleid · #3 by **Kaleid** » Jan 11, 2012 11:02 pm

In picture 14, the man is 84. So you're looking at a colour photograph of someone who was born in 1825 :awe:

Emmeline · #4 by **Emmeline** » Jan 11, 2012 11:10 pm

We had a thread about these photos a while ago but it's lovely to see them again.

The people look so modern that it's hard to accept how long ago they lived and died.

Thanks for posting them. :cheers:

chairman bill · #5 by **chairman bill** » Jan 11, 2012 11:22 pm

Fascinating stuff.

sennekuyl · #6 by **sennekuyl** » Jan 11, 2012 11:25 pm

Paul G · #7 by **Paul G** » Jan 11, 2012 11:28 pm

I can't get my head round it. I've seen these before but it's still so difficult to comprehend that time period in colour, it makes everything seem much more connected and real.

JoeB · #8 by **JoeB** » Jan 12, 2012 10:00 am

I've seen them before, but it's great to see them again; absolutely gorgeous photographs.

stijndeloose · #9 by **stijndeloose** » Jan 12, 2012 10:17 am

Niiiice!!!!

BlackBart · **#10** by **BlackBart** » Jan 12, 2012 10:23 am

Astonishing.

matt8819 · **#11** by **matt8819** » Jan 15, 2012 10:01 am

I can't stop looking at these pictures. This is the first time I've realized that...yeah, this may be old, but fuck, it's still real

Saim · **#12** by **Saim** » Feb 01, 2012 3:00 am

Why aren't there many more photos like this from that time period? Was it just too expensive? There must have been other people to have done it though, does anyone have more links to this sort of stuff?

EDIT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_talk: ... kii-19.jpg

No-one on Wikipedia believes it. :lol:

Wiðercora · **#13** by **Wiðercora** » Feb 05, 2012 11:54 am

I've heard of this method - using coloured filters, then recombining them in projection - before, but I believe that people saw it more as a novelty than serious photography. Considering how long it took colour photography to be accepted as art by the art world, that's not surprising. I don't have any of my photography books with me though, so I can't look it up.

campermon · **#14** by **campermon** » Feb 05, 2012 1:30 pm

Superb photos, thanks for the link!

The images look so fresh, it's though they could have been taken only yesterday.