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15 comments to "Fabric Seller in Samarkand."
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Vexorg
January 27th, 2007 at
10:51 pm
I’m surprised that the photo is that old. It looks as much like it could have been taken yesterday as it looks like it could have been taken in the fourteenth century.
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Lester
January 27th, 2007 at
11:59 pm
This is a gorgeous photo! Subject-wise, it does look incredibly old, but quality-wise it looks practically new!
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The Liberal Avenger
January 28th, 2007 at
12:18 am
I thought that was the best photo from the collection.
I was in Kashmir in the late 1980s. The picture reminds me of Srinagar.
“TEN HUNDRED RUPEES!”
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Heather
January 28th, 2007 at
8:26 am
The photo is beautiful.But if it was taken 100 years ago how come it is not black and white.
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gail
January 28th, 2007 at
8:38 am
Russian photographers were using color processing back then. It was a different system from the one we use now. I’ll put up a post on the most famous of the photographers some time today. It’s really astonishing.
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Kelly
January 28th, 2007 at
9:59 am
The Library of Congress has a site dedicated to color images of Russia. The process is explained there as well and there are a lot more photos.
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/
It’s one of the best things I’ve ever found on the Internet.
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ethicalBob
January 28th, 2007 at
10:19 am
Heather,
The first permanent color photo was created in 1861, and the first practical color film “Autocrome” was marketed in 1907.
Keep in mind that photographers were pretty rare; and color photographers especially so. But color photography did exist at that time.
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gail
January 28th, 2007 at
10:58 am
Kelly, that’s the site I’m going to link to when I post on Russian color photography. It is a great resource.
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record guy
January 28th, 2007 at
11:18 am
If the photo is that old, why does the padlock on the right look modern?
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gail
January 28th, 2007 at
11:42 am
Because the padlock was new when the picture was taken.
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gail
January 28th, 2007 at
12:24 pm
Here’s an example of a Siberian screw key padlock that belonged to Houdini, so it was used at pretty much the same time as the picture was taken. It’s a different design, but probably worked along the same principle.
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joeorjoey
January 28th, 2007 at
8:07 pm
If this picture’s 100 years old, then I’m 100 as well. Can’t believe everything you see, and no, that lock and Houdini’s Siberian screw lock look nothing alike. That looks exactly like a pad-lock (of the Master, kind).
Sorry to rain on the parade, but taking nothing away from the picture… it is well composed. -
gail
January 28th, 2007 at
9:42 pm
Joeorjoey, the picture comes from a Library of Congress exhibit based on glass plate negatives from pre-revolutionary Russia. I can’t help it if they had modern looking locks.
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Alex
January 29th, 2007 at
1:07 pm
Modern looking padlocks? I call it hoax based on the guy’s goatee.
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gail
January 29th, 2007 at
1:21 pm
One interesting thing is that there is a page from the Qu’ran hanging from the doorframe right above his head.
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