PRIMROSE: EARLY COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHY IN RUSSIA
2014-09-29Primrose showcases the appearance and development of colour in Russian photography from the 1860s to the 1970s. It presents both the history of Russian photography and the history of Russia in photography, depicting life over the course of a century, as the country endured unprecedented upheaval.
The exhibition is arranged in chronological order and shows the development of photographic colour technology and the social transformations which altered the role of photography in Russian society. Early experiments range from hand-tinting of images to early 20th century tri-plate isochromatic photographs and autochromes.
Opposite – Dmitri Baltermants, Rain, 1960’s
Exhibition runs through to October 19th, 2014
The Photographers’ Gallery
16 – 18 Ramillies St
London
W1F 7LW
thephotographersgallery.org.uk
