Long before color-sensitive films were invented, Russian photographer Prokudin-Gorsky used to take 3 individual black-and-white photos, each with a filter (Red, Green, Blue) to create high-quality pictures in full color. This self portrait of him is 107 years old!

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Long before color-sensitive film was invented, Russian photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky took 3 individual black and white photos, each with a filter (red, blue, and green) to create high quality photos in full color. This self portrait is over 108 years old!

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Peasants of the Russian Empire, 1909-1915. These are NOT colorized. They were taken using a special three-color filter technique over 100 years ago.

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My dad taking a smoking break while fighting Saddam Husseins army in the 80s.

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My Trip Around India

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Las Vegas, Nevada - 1895

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Native American staring at newly constructed railway, Nevada 1867.

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My Grandad having his first ever smoke after being one of the few of his Bn to not be killed or captured at The Battle of Imjin River

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Dr. Jane Goodall in Gombe,Tanzania, during the early days of her trailblazing chimpanzee research, 1962.

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A Native American man looking at the newly completed railroad in Nevada 1867.

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My great-grandmother fishing circa 1914 probably in Michigan (colorized by hand shortly after it was taken)

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My dad through the ages. 1966 onwards

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My mother in her house, 1990s (Uzbekistan, Samarkand)