But after Stalin’s ascension to power, the photos were considered unfavorable. The untouchable, endlessly idealized Stalin did present an image of a scruffy revolutionary, but also still kind of ...

Not only did many of Joseph Stalin’s political rivals lose their lives – all traces of their existence were wiped off the face of the planet, including any photos of them. When George Orwell ...

With his German-made camera that enabled vivid color images to be produced, Prokudin-Gorsky explored the backstreets and ancient centers of Samarkand and Bukhara, capturing photographs unlike any ...

Prokudin-Gorskii, a Renaissance man who also dabbled in chemistry, painting and music, had been toying with the idea of chronicling Russia in color for at least a year before proposing it to the Czar.