The Russian Photography Collection 1917-1945.
TitleThe Russian Photography Collection 1917-1945.
Corporate author
Photographer
Place of publicationBrooklyn (NY)
MaterialWebsite
Document TypeResource
External document
Persons keyword Brooklyn Howard Schickler Fine Art Gallery, NY, USA
Abstract
[source: Howard Schickler Fine Art Gallery, Brooklyn, New York]
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The Russian Photography Collection is comprised of approximately 7,000 gelatin-silver photographs by the leading photographers and photojournalists working in Soviet Russia between the two World Wars.
The collection was assembled as the Soviet Union tore itself apart leaving a tattered social fabric behind. Organized as a history of 20th century photography of the Soviet Union the collection focuses on the categories: Constructivism/Avant-Garde, Propaganda, Photo-Reportage, War Photography, and Socialist Realism which provide the most effective and complete view of one of the most incredible experiments in human history.
General topics of the collection include:
• Industrialization
• Collectivization of Agriculture
• Portraiture
• Pictorialism
• Architecture
• Politics
• Reconstruction of the City
• Parades and Demonstrations
• Preparation for War
• The Second World War and its Aftermath
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The Russian Photography Collection is comprised of approximately 7,000 gelatin-silver photographs by the leading photographers and photojournalists working in Soviet Russia between the two World Wars.
The collection was assembled as the Soviet Union tore itself apart leaving a tattered social fabric behind. Organized as a history of 20th century photography of the Soviet Union the collection focuses on the categories: Constructivism/Avant-Garde, Propaganda, Photo-Reportage, War Photography, and Socialist Realism which provide the most effective and complete view of one of the most incredible experiments in human history.
General topics of the collection include:
• Industrialization
• Collectivization of Agriculture
• Portraiture
• Pictorialism
• Architecture
• Politics
• Reconstruction of the City
• Parades and Demonstrations
• Preparation for War
• The Second World War and its Aftermath