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Brent Mathison Feb 20, 2023

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One of my favorite image he made is "White fox", which I have printed using the gum bichromate process.

The essay and some of Prokudin-Gorsky's images can be found on The Public Domain Review website here https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/in-search-of-true-color . It is a fascinating read.
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#alternativeprocess #gumbichromate #altprocess #historicalprocess

In Search of True Color: Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky’s Flawed Images

Archived amid Prokudin-Gorsky’s vast photographic survey of the Russian Empire, we find images shot through with starshatter cracks, blebbed with mildew, and blurred by motion. Within such moments of unmaking, Erica X Eisen uncovers the overlapping forces at play behind these pioneering efforts in colour photography.

The Public Domain Review