Retro ethnographic photographs about the life and life of foreigners at the beginning of the 20th century (part 2)

One and a half thousand photographs of Indian tribes taken at the beginning of the 20th century

Edward Sheriff Curtis is an American photographer who, in the early 20th century, studied the life of North American Indians with enthusiasm. In total, he took several thousand photographs, which captured the life of the indigenous population of the American continent, in addition, he created a detailed description of food, housing, clothing, rituals and customs of the Indians, wrote many biographical sketches about the traditions and history of Indian tribes

A look into the past: color photographs of the Russian Empire at the beginning of the 20th century

A Russian photographer, a chemist by education, Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorsky remained in history as the author of the most magnificent photographs of the Russian Empire in 1909-1912. Sergei Mikhailovich used a complex method of shooting with the help of several plates, as a result of which he obtained color photographs - almost magic for that time

Faces of emigration: 15 expressive retro portraits of emigrants who arrived in the United States at the beginning of the 20th century

All these people at the beginning of the last century lived in different countries, but still there was something that united them - at some certain moment, each of them came up with the idea to leave their native places and in search of happiness to rush to the United States of America. Today, the photographs of these people are of great interest - after all, there is fate and history behind each

Colorful photographs of Prokudin-Gorsky, taken at the beginning of the 20th century

Prokudin-Gorsky left Russia in 1918, first to Norway and England, and then finally to France. By that time, the tsar and his family were shot, and the empire, which Prokudin-Gorsky so carefully captured, was destroyed. His unique depictions of Russia on the eve of the revolution - made on glass negatives - were purchased from his heirs by the Library of Congress in 1948. For this exhibition, glass plates were scanned, and as a result of the application of a new digital process

Underworld: 23 photographs of people who were brought before the law at the beginning of the 20th century

“Do not renounce your wallet and prison” - this expression comes to mind when you see these archival photographs of convicts. Behind each photograph is someone's broken fate, someone's life that didn't work out, someone's tragedy. And today, looking at the photographs of these people, one can only guess what they were guided by when they went to the crimes