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Self-portrait by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, early pioneer of color photography, Russian Empire, 1912

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Self-portrait by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, early pioneer of color photography, Russian Empire, 1912

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Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky did a large number of these in what-was-then the Russian Empire. They have such vibrancy in their coloring, I love them. It’s not only fascinating pieces of history, but gorgeous photography in its own right!

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