ࡱ> )+(a  jbjbA]A] $+?+?.......dllll x di,Rq...#F..BV...... Sl 90i% % .dddddChelsey Johnson Event Write Up Drawing and Illustrating 13 May 2008 The Lost Empire: Russian Color Photo Rendering The current exhibit at the Russian Art Museum focuses not only on the Russian traditions that were lost to revolution, but the amazing technology that reconstructed black and white photos that had been completely destroyed not only to their old glory but reconstructed with color. Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii, the original photographer, wanted to plant seeds of unity and nationalism in the young minds of Russia by means of a photographic survey of the Russian Empire. This won the support of Tsar Nicholas II, and he granted Prokudin-Gorskii access to several restricted areas within Russia and enjoyed the support and he traveled the country in a specially equipped railroad car that was provided by the Ministry of Transportation. Between 1909-1912, and again in 1915, he completed photographic surveys of eleven regions. By 1918 The Tsar and his family had been assonated and the photos were destroyed along with them. All that remained were the glass plates that served as negatives for Prokundin-Gorskiis photos. From these, with the help of digichromatography, an amazing collection of colored photographs was created. An interesting style can be seen throughout these photos. Often times one can hardly believe that they were one black and white because they are so perfect and life-like. Then, one will come across a picture of a crowd of people and notice one of them is intentionally smeared and over saturated. Since Most of the photos are rural areas of Russia the pastoral scene was common in this exhibit, though it offered a twist very now and then when the smoke swirling out of a chimney shone in a brilliant rainbow of colors. This mix of rural and technology becomes an interesting motif throughout the exhibit and holds a new angle to approach photographic and graphic arts. R S ~  h!c h!c h!c 8DEFuv  dhgd!c $a$gd!c   ":p!c / =!"#$%<@< NormalCJaJmH sH tH DA@D Default Paragraph FontRi@R  Table Normal4 l4a (k@(No List z8DEFuv0p`0p`0p`0p`0p`0p`0p`0p`0p`0p`0p`0p`0p`8DEFuv ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !  I 8o I 8o   Vi@{ep @UnknownGTimes New Roman5Symbol3 Arial qhŦŦ!~4%K#Chelsey JohnsonOffice 2004 Test Drive UserOffice 2004 Test Drive User Oh+'0, , L X dpx'Chelsey JohnsonOffice 2004 Test Drive UserNormalOffice 2004 Test Drive User2Microsoft Word 11.3.8@F#@^Sx̷@^Sx̷GPICTb HHb bHH l bb          o{wwww' cR^R^g9g9ZRVZZVo{o{www% VkZ^Vg9ckZ^g9^cRo{w3c^VVkZJRVVZkZkZRZZV^Vcwo{wwo{kZ^Vg9Vg9g9V     ?kZwwo{o{o{wwo{wo{wY%kZR^cZNsVNskZZ^^Z^ZZNsVcZRkZcRZg9ZZ^VZ^kZNsc   GkZwwwwo{wwwswwo{R^kZc^ZkZZV^RVZo{ZkZZNskZg9R^Z^co{VkZZRZg9ZckZVF1^NsRVRZg9ZZkZVVg9Z^^ZZkZ^Vo{g9 Mwwwwso{wswwswBVVZVV^ZVVkZBkZo{Vg9R^g9Z^VcNs^VZZRZ^ZRVRg9NskZ^VVZkZVZRZg9ZckZVF1ZZ^kZ^g9ZkZg9R^ _o{o{kZwwskZwwwwwwwwwo{wwZ^ZRV NskZZ^^kZRRVg9R^Z^Z#kZNskZkZZNs^kZZRZkZVZkZNsVZR^ckZVVRZcRV^Zo{R  Io{wwwwwo{wwwww(cRkZZNsNscc^ZZg9ZZ^kZ^kZNskZ^Ns^cRZVkZ^VF1kZJRo{VZ^ZRV Z^VRg9^ZJR^Z^ZkZNsVZR^ Gwwwwwwwwwwwww