EvilCouch says Aug 20, 2010 04:17PM That's really amazing. Especially that he got so many people to hold still long enough to snap all three pictures without obvious movement.
EvilCouch says Aug 20, 2010 04:34PM There were a few people moving in pictures towards the middle, and a few totally unidentifiable blobs in backgrounds, but damn near all of
EvilCouch says Aug 20, 2010 04:35PM the pictures are remarkably crisp. If I hadn't been told when they were taken, I'd have assumed sometime in the 1970-80s.
pastilla loves Aug 20, 2010 04:39PM these! Did you also see this series? (Similar technique, with a twist.)
pastilla says Aug 20, 2010 04:40PM actually not a similar technique . . . similar history-coming-alive feeling, I guess.
davidd thinks Aug 20, 2010 09:02PM the contrasts are amazing: people working by hand and carrying swords in a world of steel railroad bridges and huge electrical generators.
davidd loves Aug 20, 2010 09:03PM the saturated colors and the endless depth of detail captured in the large-format negatives.
Vanlal loves Aug 20, 2010 11:23PM this guy inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/prokudin_08_20/p25_00021886.jpg
Scarlet Aug 21, 2010 04:08AM totally had a flashback here, before realizing I'd blogged about this in 2004. They really are beautiful.
DBlume Aug 21, 2010 04:18AM neonepiphany: I wonder if I saw your post before. The photos did seem familiar, but I wrote it off to my addled brain.
