The photographs of Russian chemist and photographer, Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii, show Russia on the eve of World War I and the coming of the revolution. From 1909-1912 and again in 1915, Prokudin-Gorskii travelled across the Russian Empire, documenting life, landscapes and the work of Russain people. His images were to be a photographic survey of […]
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By Delana Photographs of Japan from the Meiji and Taisho Periods (1868-1926) have captivated viewers around the world since they were first circulated. One photographer in particular captured Japanese life so beautifully that his work has been seen by countless people all across the globe. Until very recently, though, his name was virtually unknown. Now […]
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The gum process was introduced in 1894, and was one of several introduced about this period, enabling photographers to obliterate many of the photographic qualities. A gum bichromate practitioner could alter the tones, get rid of details, and using a brush, pencil or rubber, could change an image so much that it looked more like […]