Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky
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Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky was a Russian chemist and photographer. He is best known for his pioneering work in colour photography and his effort to document early 20th-century Russia.
Prokudin-Gorsky in 1912
Prokudin-Gorsky in 1906
Lithograph print of Leo Tolstoy in front of Prokudin-Gorsky's camera in Yasnaya Polyana, 1908
Crop from Alleia Hamerops showing the red, green and blue color channels as well as the composite image
Color photography
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Color photography is a type of photography that uses media capable of capturing and reproducing colors. By contrast, black-and-white or gray-monochrome photography records only a single channel of luminance (brightness) and uses media capable only of showing shades of gray.
The first color photograph made by the three-color method suggested by James Clerk Maxwell in 1855, taken in 1861 by Thomas Sutton. The subject is a colored ribbon, usually described as a tartan ribbon.
A color photograph made by Gabriel Lippmann in the 1890s, containing no pigments or dyes of any kind.
A 1908 Autochrome Lumière photograph of American author Mark Twain.
A 1914 color photograph of the Taj Mahal published in a 1921 issue of National Geographic magazine.