The Zindan Prison

Zindan (prison), with inmates looking out through the bars and a guard with Russian rifle, uniform, and boots, Central Asia

Sergey Prokudin-gorsky • 1905 • Central, Asia, Asia, Central

Zindan (prison), with inmates looking out through the bars and a…, Central, Asia, Asia, Central, 1905

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Zindan (prison), with inmates looking out through the bars and a guard with Russian rifle, uniform, and boots, Central Asia — an early colour photograph by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, taken between 1905 and 1915.

Subjects: jails, group portraits, prisoners, guards, asia.

Made with his three-exposure colour-separation method on a single glass plate; Prokudin-Gorskii Collection, Library of Congress.