Photo of the Week: The Look of Disappointment

 

Photo of the Week: Tatiana is watching you.

 

Photo of the Week: Elegance

 

Photo(s) of the Week: OTMA in costume

 

Photo of the Week: Winter Wonderland

In honor of the blizzard that is supposed to hit Iowa tomorrow, here are some winter time scenes from the Russian Empire.

Photo(s) of the Week: Bike for an heir

 

Photo of the Week: Sibling bonding

Olga tows Alexei and Joy on a sled in Tobolsk.

 

Photo of the Week: Olga chopping wood

 

Photo(s) of the Week: Last Known Image

The following are the last known photos of Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Anastasia and Tsarevich Alexei, taken aboard the steamship Rus in May 1918 as it ferried them from Tobolsk to Tyumen.

Alexei and Olga aboard the Rus

Olga (left foreground with back to camera), Tatiana (just over Olga's shoulder), and Anastasia (center)

 

Photo of the Week: Focus

When one thinks of early 20th-century photography one thinks of "hazy" images and ill-defined subjects but the photograph below displays an almost stunning amount of detail and clarity in foreground, background, and subjects.

Right-click and open in a new tab to zoom in.

Photo of the Week: Slide

 

Photo of the Week: Tsar on the Beach

 

Photo of the Week: Alternate angle II

It's the second installment of Alternate Angle and today we're looking at the following photo:

The subject is the cluster of people in the center but off to the left stands a lone man holding a small black box: a camera. In the next photo we'll se his perspective:

We see the same cluster of people at a slightly different moment in time, with a camera mounted on a tripod to the right. While I'm no expert on early 20th century photography equipment, I reckon that that is a movie camera, possibly the one that filmed the following clip starting at 1:59:

                         

Photo(s) of the Week: Alexei in Germany and Finland

Here's a small collection of photos since I forgot Alexei's birthday was last Friday.