1861-1935: Finding Colour
Mohammed Alim Khan (1880-1944), Emir of Bukhara, taken in 1911. This is an early colour photograph taken by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii as part of his work to document the Russian Empire. Three black-and-white photographs were taken through red, green and blue filters. The three resulting images were projected through similar filters. Combined on the projection screen, they created a full-colour image. When photographs were seen for the very first time, they were greeted with a sense of wonder....