Exhibition of Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky in Amsterdam
ARTinvestment.RU   07 августа 2008

The museum Geelvinck-Hinlopen an exhibition of Russian pioneer of color photography, famous for its portraits of Leo Tolstoy and Nicholas II, as well as images of different nationalities living in the Russian Empire

30 June in Amsterdam museum Geelvinck-Hinlopen an exhibition of color photography pioneer Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorsky.

Prokudin-Gorsky was born in Moore in 1863. He studied chemistry at the Technological Institute of St. Petersburg, where attended lectures Mendeleyev. Later he studied in Europe, where, along with Jules Edme-Momene (Edme-Jules Maumené) and Adolf Mite (AdolfMiethe) develops methods color photos. In 1890-ies, he returned to Russia, where he became one of the leading authorities in the field of photography.

At the beginning of XX century, Prokudin-Gorsky invented method of creating color photos using three filters: red, blue and green. He shot each object three times in three filter: to get three black-and-white photographic plates. Then using a special projector with the same color filters, it had projected on the screen, all three images from the plates at the same time. This innovation has made clear Prokudin-Gorsky famous. He shot by Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Chaliapin, the royal family. Photos Prokudin-Gorsky made at the Hermitage, later used in restoration work.

The most ambitious project Prokudin-Gorsky realized in the years 1909-1915. Old dream photographer was to capture the color of all the realities of modern Russia it - nature, architecture, representatives of various nationalities. In 1909, Prokudin-Gorsky, met with Nicholas II, who «gave him good» the great journey of the Russian Empire. Photo tour of almost the entire country and made about a thousand images, which now provide a unique opportunity to see Russia 100 years ago in color.

During his visit, Prokudin-Gorsky experienced invented his camera. Cinema was the second chief passion of the outstanding rights. In 1917, after the October Revolution, Prokudin-Gorsky became a professor of AV Lunacharsky fotokinoinstituta. In 1918, the photographer had to leave Russia. He lived in Norway and England, then moved to France, where he worked with the brothers Lumiere (Les Frères Lumière). Prokudin-Gorsky was able to take out of Russia, most of their photographic plates. Photographer's dream was to create a series of photographs of monuments of art of France and its colonies, but unfortunately he was not able to implement it. This idea was implemented by his son Michael.

Prokudin-Gorsky had died in 1944 in Paris. In the war years his family lived a poor, money is constantly lacking. In 1948, the artist's wife and children sold a collection of photographic plates for 5 000 dollars. Thus the work of Prokudin-Gorsky had been in the Library of Congress in Washington. In 1991 he established a computer database of images. With the development of digital technology has become possible to process these photos: scan them and combine the contours of the three color options. In 2001, Washington was a great exhibition of the works of Prokudin-Gorsky. And in 2007, was developed much more sophisticated algorithms and programs for its combination of three images. Now the work of famous Russian photographer acquainted with the Russian reality beginning XXveka visitors to the museum in Amsterdam.

The exhibition will run until September 1.

Material prepared Yulia Maksimova

Sources: artdaily.org , geelvinckhinlopenhuis.museum , russedina.ru , foto.sunmix.ru , zhurnal.lib.ru , artinvestment.ru



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