Cornflowers in a field of rye Supply

Cornflowers in a field of rye
“One of the most compelling appeals of Prokudin-Gorskii’s work is his pioneering use of color photography. Where many photographers of the time might have created hand-colored lantern slides on glass (for public presentations), Prokudin-Gorskii shot his glass plate negatives in triplicate, with three color filters. When projected all at once in overlay through corresponding filters, the images appeared in vibrant color. Printing was a more complicated issue, and few prints were actually made. It’s likely the photographer built his own camera in order to make simultaneous exposures. He also made prints in sepia tone, an equally emphatic aesthetic gesture. 20×200’s Cornflowers in a field of rye and Siren use a digitally combined color image from the Library of Congress, which owns the archive, carefully corrected and printed.” — Read more from Lyle Rexer on the blog >>