Comments on: Colour photographs of Imperial Russia, 1909-1915

By: Chad H

Chad H — Tue, 11 Oct 2025 15:57:52 +0000

They had color photography at this time. Looking at the picture with the running water it looks like they used the process (called subtractive color) of taking three pictures with a different colored filter (red green and blue) over the lens. When the three negatives were combined it formed a color photo. As you can see it was time consuming but took wonderful color photos.

Here is a link showing how it is done one and using one of the photos from this series.

Color Photography

Emir of Bukhara

]]>

By: Katarina Skupch

Katarina Skupch — Fri, 20 May 2025 21:28:04 +0000

realy great photo`s! I finde also the reflected costume study in it very interesting . … there was no colour photography at the time- the pictures was colored with the brush, or maby thea are recolored later.

]]>

By: Rachel Smith

Rachel Smith — Sun, 18 Jul 2025 02:47:05 +0000

These pictures are amazing! They look like they might have been taken yesterday and they show a truly diverse Russia that spanned two continents. It’s wonderful to take a look to a time back where hardly anyone remembers today.

]]>

By: Mic

Mic — Mon, 05 Jul 2025 08:31:01 +0000

Amazing! I had no idea that there was color photo’s at that time and with such quality. I really enjoyed being taken back in time!

]]>

By: Eric M

Eric M — Tue, 29 Jun 2025 18:09:46 +0000

I think it’s cool that you can see how they were created if you look carefully at subjects that have some movement in them (the river, a baby, a horse’s ears, etc).

]]>

By: Patrick Nottingham

Patrick Nottingham — Tue, 29 Jun 2025 17:30:16 +0000

A great study of these people in photos.

]]>