[LargeFormat] The Czar's Photographer

[Stuart Phillips]

There can't be a more Russian view than

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/images/p87_4553__00802_.jpg

Just stunning

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From: "Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@ix.netcom.com>
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Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 5:26 AM
Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] The Czar's Photographer


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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Michael Briggs" <MichaelBriggs@Earthlink.net>
> To: <largeformat@f32.net>
> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 12:16 AM
> Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] The Czar's Photographer
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> 
> >> Right now I am looking at his photo of the  "special
> shrine for the
> > miracle-working icon known as "Odigitria," traditionally
> associated with the
> > city of Smolensk":
> http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/images/p87-3065.jpg and
> > page 111 of the book.  The colors on the web are much more
> saturated than in
> > the book, for example, in the book the red curtains range
> from dirty brown on
> > the right to muted orangish red on the left, while the web
> image ranges from
> > red in shadow to a vivid red.   The resolution of the LOC
> images is
> > significantly better, probably because they have done a
> better job in lining up
> > the three separation negatives.  The LOC website states
> that the registration
> > is the most difficult step.
> >
> > The exhibit at the LOC was much more impressive than
> either the website or the
> > book.   They printed the photographs fairly large, roughly
> 30 inches wide.  The
> > exhibit is no longer on display, but one might be able to
> view some of the
> > prints by appointment.
> >
> > --Michael
> >
>   Lots of snipping...
>   I was astonished by more than the technical quality of the
> images. It is their quality as pictures. Perhaps also
> because my grandparents came from Russia and these photos
> are a chance for me to glimpse the world they they knew.
> ---
> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles, CA, USA
> dickburk@ix.netcom.com
> 
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