Asia Photo Books

ALLSHOUSE, R.H.(ed./introd.), Photographs for the Tsar The pioneering photography of Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii commissioned by the Tsar, New York 1980. Hard cover 22,5 x 35 cm. 216 pag. fully illustrated in colour.

"The photographs of Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944) offer a vivid portrait of a lost world--the Russian Empire on the eve of World War I and the coming revolution. His subjects ranged from the medieval churches and monasteries of old Russia, to the railroads and factories of an emerging industrial power, to the daily life and work of Russia's diverse population. Around 1907 Prokudin-Gorskii envisioned and formulated a plan to use the emerging technological advancements that had been made in color photography to systematically document the Russian Empire. Through such an ambitious project, his ultimate goal was to educate the schoolchildren of Russia with his "optical color projections" of the vast and diverse history, culture, and modernization of the empire. Outfitted with a specially equipped railroad car darkroom provided by Tsar Nicholas II, and in possession of two permits that granted him access to restricted areas and cooperation from the empire's bureaucracy. Prokudin-Gorskii left Russia in 1918, going first to Norway and England before settling in France. By then, the tsar and his family had been murdered and the empire that Prokudin-Gorskii so carefully documented had been destroyed. His unique images of Russia on the eve of revolution--recorded on glass plates--were purchased by the Library of Congress in 1948 from his heirs."

COLNAGHI, Photography: the first eighty years, Londen 1976. Softcover 25 x 18 cm. 262 pag. met een groot aantal afb. Gebruikssporen, wat potloodstreepjes, binnenkant achterkaft beschreven. Handig naslagwerk over oude fotografie. Usefull research book on old photography. Used copy, some wear, some pencil lines, innerside backcover written text.

"Exhibition catalogue with bibliography, notes, a chronology, lists, and small biographies of photographers. 431 items, over 200 black and white plates."

HANNAVY,J., Roger Fenton of Crimble Hall, Londen 1975. Hardcover 29,5 x 22,5 cm. 184 pag. waarvan 64 full page zwart-wit foto's. Gebruikt exemplaar zonder stofomslag. Used copy without dust jacket, some wear, good copy.

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