Not a drop of photoshop: 17 amazing shots, the authors of which did not use graphic editors

Rogvolodovich, not Rurikovich: Why Prince Yaroslav the Wise did not love the Slavs and did not spare his brothers

In the official historiography, Yaroslav the Wise for a long time appeared to be an almost sinless ruler, the creator of legality in the Russian lands. In our time, he is already accused of sending several of his brothers to the next world in order to occupy the Kiev throne. But was it only the desire for power that drove Prince Yaroslav? If you look at the history of his family, then everything that happens is more like revenge … to his father. Bloody revenge for bloody atrocity

What did the first Russian photographers shoot and what technique did they use?

The art of photography has spread in Russia following Europe. With the assistance of the Academy of Sciences, descriptions of photographic processes, the first equipment, chemicals and samples of photographs appeared at the disposal of the first photographic specialists. Representatives of all classes wanted to be photographers in Russia. Everybody - scientists, doctors, peasants and officials - applied to open a photo business. But the greatest successes in the new form of art, of course, were achieved by the natives of the fine arts school

She did not promote the Germans, did not ruin Russia, did not leave the course of Peter: what is Anna Ioannovna accused of in vain?

Anna Ioannovna, niece of Peter the Great, went down in history with a terrible image. For what they just did not reproach the second ruling queen of Russia: for tyranny and ignorance, craving for luxury, indifference to state affairs and for the fact that the dominance of the Germans was in power. Anna Ioannovna had a lot of bad character, but the myth about her as an unsuccessful ruler who gave Russia to be torn apart by foreigners is very far from the real historical picture

Drop by drop (installation by Stacee Kalmanovsky)

To say that photographers love to shoot water is to say nothing. Here and there photographs of droplets, rain, even tap water flash! It is understandable - that fire, that water, and everything that is connected with nature, a person likes to see. Some also create something like monuments to natural phenomena, for example, rain

Say NO to Graphic Effects, or 30 amazing shots from highly creative photographers

There is a special category of photographers who do not recognize "computer embellishment", but at the same time take pictures of unique beauty. Our review contains the most interesting photographs from just such creative people. It may seem surprising to some, but the world around us is beautiful even without computer graphics