Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii prezinta Rusia asa cum era ea in ajunul Primului Razboi Mondial.Intre 1909-1912 si din nou in 1915, Prokudin-Gorskii a calatorit prin tot Imperiul Rus documentand viata, peisajele si munca rusilor. Imaginile lui sunt adevarate file din istorie. Fotografiile erau in alb – negru, dar el a dezvoltat o tehnica ingenioasa care ii permitea sa reproduca imaginile in culorile reale. A realizat asta cu o camera de fotografiat inteligenta, creata de el insusi, care facea trei fotografii negre apoi alte trei albe in secvente rapide, iar printr-un filtru special iesea o singura fotografie in diferite culori. Fotografia continea trei imagini diferite in trei culori, produsul final fiind o fotografie in culori clare. Sergei a reusit sa foloseasca un proiector cu care putea vedea pe un ecran toate cele trei imagini care se suprapuneau pina la culoarea finala.
Here is Sergeĭ Mikhaĭlovich Prokudin-Gorskiĭ himself (on the right) sitting with two men in Cossak dress.

Four people sit on a carpet in front of a backdrop of textiles.

A camel caravan carries thorns for fodder in what is now Uzbekistan.

A.P. Kalganov poses with his son and granddaughter at the Zlatoust arms plant.

A Muslim teacher with his female students near the Artomelinskaia mosque in Artvin, modern-day Turkey.

Three young women offer berries to visitors to their izba, a traditional wooden house, in a rural area along the Sheksna River, near the town of Kirillov.

Men working in a packing section of a mineral water warehouse in Borzhom.

Workers outside the mechanical shops for the finishing of artistic castings in Russia.
