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Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky (Russian: Серге́й Миха́йлович Проку́дин-Го́рский, IPA: [sʲɪrˈɡʲej mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ prɐˈkudʲɪn ˈɡorskʲɪj] ⓘ; August 30 [ O.S. August 18] 1863 – September 27, 1944) was a Russian chemist and photographer. He is best known for his pioneering work in colour ...
- September 27, 1944 (aged 81), Paris, France
- Early techniques for taking colour photographs
In the summer of 1909, Prokudin-Gorsky traveled along this waterway and produced a rich collection of images. Especially significant is the work that he did in the small town of Belozersk ...
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This exhibition features a sampling of Prokudin-Gorskii's historic images produced through the new process; the digital technology that makes these superior color prints possible; and celebrates the fact that for the first time many of these wonderful images are available to the public.
Mainstream color photography developed in different directions in the 20th century, leaving Prokudin-Gorskii’s technology orphaned – meaning that it became difficult and then, by the 1980s, virtually impossible to extract the original color from the negatives using the old pre-digital, “wet” methods. 2.
Prokudin-Gorskii created his negatives by using a camera that exposed one oblong glass plate three times in rapid succession through three different color filters: blue, green, and red. For formal presentations, he printed positive glass slides of these negatives and projected them through a triple lens magic lantern.
