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Early color photo by Prokudin-Gorsky (self-portrait)
Early color photo by Prokudin-Gorsky (self-portrait)

Karolithskhali is a river by the East coast of the Black Sea, near Batumi, Georgia.

History

Between 1907-1915, during the the period of Tsarist Russia, pioneering Russian photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky took a self portrait on the Karolithskhali River - it is one of the earliest colour photographs ever taken.[1]

References

  1. ^ Photographer to the Tsar: Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii
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