This is a repeat of the subject from a prior thread. I repeat it because not all critters may have seen it:
Photographer to the Tsar: Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii
I read about this guy somewhere and was immediately intrigued. I think that it was from an article in the NY Times. This photo is entitled: The Emir of Bukhara

If you want to see more of these color renditions from Tsarist Russia some more beautiful then others, try this site.
For a look into the process used, look here.
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