Šechtl and Voseček museum of photography February–May 2006
Texts: Prokudin-Gorsky and his Place in the History of Three-Color Photography | Letter to Leo Tolstoy | Prokudin-Gorsky — What Kind of Color Images Was He Able to See at His Time | Modern reproductions | Color Photography | Chronology | Credits
Photographs: | North of Russian Empire | Middle of Russian Empire | South of Russian Empire: Batumi and its surroundings | Georgia | Artvin | Dagestan | Bukhara | Samarkand | Hungry Steppe | other
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Общий вид Артвина c местечка Свет.General view of Artvin from the hamlet of Svet.1904 – 1912Artvin is a small city on the Coruh River, 55 km south of Batumi. Today, this area is in Turkey. |
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division,
Prokudin-Gorskii Collection, LC-DIG-ppmsc-04844. Digital color
rendering by Walter Frankhauser.
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsc.04844
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Мулла с ученицами у Артомелинской мечети в Артвине.Mullah with schoolgirls at the Artomelin Mosque in the town of Artvin.1904 – 1912Mullahs are Islamic clergy, who have studied the Qur'an, Islamic traditions (hadith), and Islamic law (fiqh). Often, they will know the Qur'an by heart. However, illiterate villagers sometimes recognized a literate Muslim with less than complete Islamic training as their “mullah”. Muslim schoolteachers were often considered mullahs. |
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division,
Prokudin-Gorskii Collection, LC-DIG-prokc-21486. Digital color
rendering by Jan Hubička based on color composite by Blaise Agüera
y Arcas.
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/prokc.21486
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Курдская женщина с детьми.Kurdish woman with children. Artvin.1904 – 1912 |
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division,
Prokudin-Gorskii Collection, LC-DIG-prokc-21470. Digital color
rendering by Jan Hubička based on color composite by Blaise Agüera
y Arcas.
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/prokc.21470
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Грузинка в национальн. костюме.Armenian woman in national costume. Artvin.1904 – 1912One hundred years ago, Artvin was located in Armenia, but is now part of Turkey. The Armenian woman's dress pictured here distinguishes her as being Christian. Armenia was the the first country in the world to establish Christianity as its official religion, in 301 A.D., and is renowned for its literature and architecture. |
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division,
Prokudin-Gorskii Collection, LC-DIG-prokc-21620. Digital color
rendering by Jan Hubička based on color composite by Blaise Agüera
y Arcas.
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/prokc.21620
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Армянки в праздничном наряде.Armenian women in holiday dress.1904 – 1912 |
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division,
Prokudin-Gorskii Collection, LC-DIG-prokc-21485. Digital color
rendering by Jan Hubička based on color composite by Blaise Agüera
y Arcas.
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/prokc.21485
