"Taurien mo Piotr Ivanovich Vedenisov (1866-1937), Russian nobleman, professional pianist, amateur actor and photographer. After graduating from the Moscow Conservatory in 1888, he moved to Yalta, where he soon became an important part of the cultural life of the area. He studied the local lore and lectured on the history of the Crimea.... He became friends with the likes of Chekhov, Gorky, and Chaliapin. But outside of music, his greatest interest was photography. He became a master of the Autochome, an early color photographic process, patented by the Lumière brothers in 1903 and first marketed in 1907. About 150 of his Autochromes survive to this day, all created in a period of 5 short years, from 1909-14. His work is peopled with his family and close relations... The main themes of these poetic images are daily life - picnics, excursions, dress-up, feasts - and the landscapes of Yalta and Simbirsk Province, where the Kozakovs lived. [http://godsandfoolishgrandeur.blogspot.com/]