Hundred-Year-Old Russian Color Photos
 

Thanks to my photographer friend Andy Frazer for this link...

[url=http://www.socyberty.com/History/The-Incredible-Century-Old-Color-Photography-of-Prokudin-Gorsky.797569]The Incredible Century Old Color Photography of Prokudin-Gorsky[/url]: [i]In 1909 a remarkable project was initiated by Russian photographer Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky. His mission was to record - in full and vibrant color - the vast and diverse Russian Empire. Here, with his story, is a selection of his amazing century old full color pictures.[/i]

These are truly remarkable; I've browsed them a few years ago after learning about them. The only thing that was hard for him to capture was water, I guess, because of the [URL="http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/making.html"]process[/URL]