Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky's photostream

Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky was a Russian photographer. Prokudin-Gorsky was born in Russian Empire in 1863 and educated as a chemist. He developed early techniques for taking color photographs.

Outfitted with a specially equipped railroad car darkroom provided by Tsar Nicholas II, and in possession of two permits that granted him access to restricted areas and cooperation from the empire's bureaucracy, Prokudin-Gorsky documented the Russian Empire around 1909 through 1915.