Comments on: The Incredible Century Old Color Photography of Prokudin-Gorsky http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/17/the-incredible-century-old-color-photography-of-prokudin-gorsky/ The Neat Side of the Web Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:45:03 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: gibson8or http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/17/the-incredible-century-old-color-photography-of-prokudin-gorsky/comment-page-1/#comment-1782096 gibson8or Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:22:04 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/17/the-incredible-century-old-color-photography-of-prokudin-gorsky/#comment-1782096 I love the coat that the Emir of Bukhara is wearing in one of the pictures. I think the perception of the past being in black and white or faded colors isn't just because of black and white photography, but also because old paintings, color photos, and artifacts have faded with time. What you see in museums had been degraded by sunlight and time, and I think that really affects what we imagine the past to have looked like. I love the coat that the Emir of Bukhara is wearing in one of the pictures. I think the perception of the past being in black and white or faded colors isn't just because of black and white photography, but also because old paintings, color photos, and artifacts have faded with time. What you see in museums had been degraded by sunlight and time, and I think that really affects what we imagine the past to have looked like.

]]> By: sid http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/17/the-incredible-century-old-color-photography-of-prokudin-gorsky/comment-page-1/#comment-1782086 sid Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:56:35 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/17/the-incredible-century-old-color-photography-of-prokudin-gorsky/#comment-1782086 Who? Who?

]]> By: Tom Taborda http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/17/the-incredible-century-old-color-photography-of-prokudin-gorsky/comment-page-1/#comment-1782001 Tom Taborda Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:12:49 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/17/the-incredible-century-old-color-photography-of-prokudin-gorsky/#comment-1782001 Tecnicolor uses the same procedure: 3 B&W negatives http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technicolor 'Gone with the Wind' was shot using 3 B&W Negatives http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031381/trivia Tecnicolor uses the same procedure: 3 B&W negatives

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technicolor

'Gone with the Wind' was shot using 3 B&W Negatives
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031381/trivia

]]> By: swss http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/17/the-incredible-century-old-color-photography-of-prokudin-gorsky/comment-page-1/#comment-1781990 swss Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:39:29 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/17/the-incredible-century-old-color-photography-of-prokudin-gorsky/#comment-1781990 Awesome! This is why I love Neatorama- thanks so much for the link! Awesome! This is why I love Neatorama- thanks so much for the link!

]]> By: Jim http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/17/the-incredible-century-old-color-photography-of-prokudin-gorsky/comment-page-1/#comment-1781913 Jim Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:02:19 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/17/the-incredible-century-old-color-photography-of-prokudin-gorsky/#comment-1781913 Here's another guy - interesting in his own right. He lived next door to my maternal Grandmother in Waddington NY. When he died, his widow gave my Mother's family a lot of memoribilia including boxes of the 3-D photos and a "magic lantern" to view them. As a kid we looked at a lot of those slides in our kitchen projected on the refrigerator. I have a hand carved table from India which was given to me through my late Mother. My sister has an artifact from the Empress of China's palace. The 3-D photos were given by my Mother to a museum in New Jersey. here is a link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ricalton Here's another guy - interesting in his own right. He lived next door to my maternal Grandmother in Waddington NY. When he died, his widow gave my Mother's family a lot of memoribilia including boxes of the 3-D photos and a "magic lantern" to view them. As a kid we looked at a lot of those slides in our kitchen projected on the refrigerator. I have a hand carved table from India which was given to me through my late Mother. My sister has an artifact from the Empress of China's palace. The 3-D photos were given by my Mother to a museum in New Jersey.

here is a link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ricalton

]]> By: GQ http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/17/the-incredible-century-old-color-photography-of-prokudin-gorsky/comment-page-1/#comment-1781901 GQ Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:33:02 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/17/the-incredible-century-old-color-photography-of-prokudin-gorsky/#comment-1781901 These are absolutely incredible. Thank you so much for sharing this link. These are absolutely incredible. Thank you so much for sharing this link.

]]> By: Miss Cellania http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/17/the-incredible-century-old-color-photography-of-prokudin-gorsky/comment-page-1/#comment-1781872 Miss Cellania Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:58:40 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/17/the-incredible-century-old-color-photography-of-prokudin-gorsky/#comment-1781872 The past WAS black and white, kiddies... because we couldn't AFFORD color! Yep, and we WALKED miles to school uphill both ways, ate beans three times a day, memorized the entire constitution in second grade, and went to work for six cents an hour as soon as we finished sixth grade. And we LIKED it! The past WAS black and white, kiddies... because we couldn't AFFORD color! Yep, and we WALKED miles to school uphill both ways, ate beans three times a day, memorized the entire constitution in second grade, and went to work for six cents an hour as soon as we finished sixth grade.

And we LIKED it!

]]> By: Foreigner1 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/17/the-incredible-century-old-color-photography-of-prokudin-gorsky/comment-page-1/#comment-1781850 Foreigner1 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:17:23 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/17/the-incredible-century-old-color-photography-of-prokudin-gorsky/#comment-1781850 For years as a child I had this weird idea that the Past was in black and white. Yes I knew that colour always must have been there. But when you saw photographs, the older they were, the more black and white they were. With the occasional hand-coloured ones as exeptions. So somehow it stuck in my mind that the past like those past wars and my grandparents and such somehow was lived in black and white. To see any of the oldest possible photographs gives an eery insight as if looking through some timewarp into that past. These colourpictures give that effect even stronger. Because of those old pictures, I had the idea that the faces of people from then looked different from today's people- that you could somehow recognise a face of someone of a past century if he or she was walking in todays clothes in todays crowd- that he or she would stand out somehow. Te colourpictures also show that people in that past apart from their clothing look just like people now. To me they show that it is only technique and culture that has developed- changed over the decades- not the people themselves. So eery... Fascinating. For years as a child I had this weird idea that the Past was in black and white. Yes I knew that colour always must have been there. But when you saw photographs, the older they were, the more black and white they were. With the occasional hand-coloured ones as exeptions. So somehow it stuck in my mind that the past like those past wars and my grandparents and such somehow was lived in black and white.
To see any of the oldest possible photographs gives an eery insight as if looking through some timewarp into that past. These colourpictures give that effect even stronger.

Because of those old pictures, I had the idea that the faces of people from then looked different from today's people- that you could somehow recognise a face of someone of a past century if he or she was walking in todays clothes in todays crowd- that he or she would stand out somehow.
Te colourpictures also show that people in that past apart from their clothing look just like people now.

To me they show that it is only technique and culture that has developed- changed over the decades- not the people themselves.

So eery... Fascinating.

]]> By: Kalel http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/17/the-incredible-century-old-color-photography-of-prokudin-gorsky/comment-page-1/#comment-1781751 Kalel Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:24:14 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/17/the-incredible-century-old-color-photography-of-prokudin-gorsky/#comment-1781751 I didn't realize that there were so many colored people back then. I didn't realize that there were so many colored people back then.

]]> By: Kitanne http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/17/the-incredible-century-old-color-photography-of-prokudin-gorsky/comment-page-1/#comment-1781744 Kitanne Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:12:55 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/17/the-incredible-century-old-color-photography-of-prokudin-gorsky/#comment-1781744 This was at the Russian Museum here in Minneapolis (yes, we have a Russian museum! In a beautiful old Spanish church no less) last year or two ago. They showed the photos in the three layers stacked together and back lit. Very very cool. This was at the Russian Museum here in Minneapolis (yes, we have a Russian museum! In a beautiful old Spanish church no less) last year or two ago. They showed the photos in the three layers stacked together and back lit. Very very cool.

]]> By: Hannah http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/17/the-incredible-century-old-color-photography-of-prokudin-gorsky/comment-page-1/#comment-1781719 Hannah Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:34:42 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/17/the-incredible-century-old-color-photography-of-prokudin-gorsky/#comment-1781719 Hmm, there's a problem with Allen's link, but here is another one where you can view the whole collection: http://www.prokudin-gorsky.ru Hmm, there's a problem with Allen's link, but here is another one where you can view the whole collection:

http://www.prokudin-gorsky.ru

]]> By: Allen http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/17/the-incredible-century-old-color-photography-of-prokudin-gorsky/comment-page-1/#comment-1781715 Allen Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:22:45 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/17/the-incredible-century-old-color-photography-of-prokudin-gorsky/#comment-1781715 Another cool thing is that most of Prokudin-Gorskii collection is owned by the Library of Congress, and they have it all digitized, color-corrected and online! Check it out: http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/p?pp/prok:@field(NUMBER+prok)::SortBy=CALL Another cool thing is that most of Prokudin-Gorskii collection is owned by the Library of Congress, and they have it all digitized, color-corrected and online! Check it out:

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/p?pp/prok:@field(NUMBER+prok)::Sor tBy=CALL

]]> By: Ashley http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/17/the-incredible-century-old-color-photography-of-prokudin-gorsky/comment-page-1/#comment-1781700 Ashley Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:47:56 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/17/the-incredible-century-old-color-photography-of-prokudin-gorsky/#comment-1781700 Wow, that really is incredible. It's hard for my mind to reconcile color photographs with 100 years ago. Wonderful find, thanks for sharing. Wow, that really is incredible. It's hard for my mind to reconcile color photographs with 100 years ago. Wonderful find, thanks for sharing.

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