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Relive the Past in Jaw-Dropping Detail!

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] Ginjutsu 9 points 1 year ago

"It is what it is."

  • Alim Khan, 1911
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

All of the color photos by Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky are fantastic and dispell the myth that photos back then were all in black and white. And the developed color film looks so realistic too.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

His work has such vibrant colors to it, that's one of the reasons I love him.