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Photographing the Russian Empire in Colour

Pioneering photographer Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii developed innovative techniques to capture parts of the Russian Empire in colour for the first time.
Michel Soussaline is Prokudin-Gorskii鈥檚 grandson. He spoke to Witness about his grandfather鈥檚 photographs.

Photo credit: Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii, 1909

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