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Color photo of Russian monks planting potatoes, 1910 (lemmy.world)
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[-] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

It's interesting how most of the really early color photography seems to come out of the Russian Empire.

[-] smallaubergine@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago

The US library of congress has a nice collection. prokudin had invented a method of taking 3 separate images with r g b filters. https://www.loc.gov/collections/prokudin-gorskii/about-this-collection/

[-] PugJesus@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago

The man who took these pictures was an early innovator in color photography and patronized by the Tsar, so he had a lot of opportunity. Some very gorgeous work, I love it.

[-] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

There's a potato documentary about a guy who trades potatoes on Netflix. It's short and interesting.

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