Last Emir of Bukhara, Alim Khan, photographed 1911
He looks so sad ;_;
"It is what it is."
That poor monarch.
Aww did an old photo of a central Asian guy make the republican sad?
All of the color photos by Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky are fantastic and dispell the myth that photos back then were all in black and white. And the developed color film looks so realistic too.
His work has such vibrant colors to it, that's one of the reasons I love him.