Comment on Community Within a Divided Country by nhinguyen14

I really like this photo because it shows the non-industrialized side of Russia. I like the history of the serfdom freedom in Russia and that’s what is depicted in the photograph. It is interesting to see familial generations participating in haying and everyone is doing their specialized jobs.

Comment on Church of the Resurrection by nhinguyen14

This is cool!! I like the photo because it is typical Russia, especially when you think of Moscow, you think of Hershey kiss shaped domes. I like how you went into detail not only about the physical appearance but also on the history of it. Any idea on why the church closed?

Comment on The Russian Cowboy and the Murmansk Railroad by nhinguyen14

I also did a photograph of the Murmansk Railroad, so I thought it was cool seeing this other photo of it! It took them 3 years to build the railroad and it was neat that Prokudin-Gorskii was a part of it. There was a labor shortage as well in which they had to use German and Austrian prisoners to build. This was a cool photo and I liked how you added why a railroad connecting the capitol to a port is beneficial.

The Generation Gap: The Visualization of Western Influence

Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii. Three Generations, 1910. Digital color rendering. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsc-03952 (24) This photograph at first appears simple. After all, it merely depicts three generations of a Russian family. “A. P. Kalganov poses with his son and granddaughter for a portrait in the industrial town of Zlatoust in the Ural Mountain …

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