Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii

Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii (colour version)

Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky

Chemist

Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky was a Russian chemist and photographer. He is best known for his pioneering work in color photography of early 20th-century Russia. Wikipedia

Born: August 30, 1863, Kirzhachsky District, Russia

Died: September 27, 1944, Paris, France

Education: Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology

Resting place: Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Russian Cemetery

Books: Photographs for the Tsar

Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky (Russian: Серге́й Миха́йлович Проку́дин-Го́рский,  listen (help·info); August 30 [O.S. August 18] 1863 – September 27, 1944) was a Russian chemist and photographer. He is best known for his pioneering work in color photography of early 20th-century Russia.