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Relive the Past in Jaw-Dropping Detail!

HistoryPorn is for photographs (or, if it can be found, film) of the past, recent or distant! Give us a little snapshot of history!

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Self-portrait by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, early pioneer of color photography, Russian Empire, 1912 (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by PugJesus to c/historyporn

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The water does have a blur. It's just a pretty calm day and it's a gentle stream. As for no blur on the guy, maybe he had an assistant?

[–] str82L 2 points 6 months ago

I was wondering if that was the case with the water. Maybe it was just really clear. If he used an assistant, is it still a self portrait? Serious question.