Contemporary Russian Photography - FotoFest 2012 Biennial
Contemporary Russian Photography is an extensive representation of the evolution of creative photography in Russia from the Khrushchev period of the late 1950's through the wild experimentalism of Perestroika and its aftermath in the 1990s to the work of young Russian photographers today. The presentation of Russian photography shows the remarkable breadth of the photographic arts in Russia over the past 56 years. The essays provide a re-examination of the history of creative photography in Russia after Stalinism. The book is divided into three chapters: After Stalin and "The Thaw" The Re-emergence of the Personal Voice Late 1940s through the 1970s Including artists such as: Alexander Ustinov, Galina Lukianova, Georgy Pinkhassov, Max Alpert. Perestroika Liberalization and Experimentation Mid 1980s-2010 Including artists such as: Boris Mikhailov, Sergey Chilikov, Sergey Maximishin, Yuri Kozyrev, Gregory Maiofis, Vadim Gushchin, Alexander Gronsky, Alexey Titarenko, Igor Moukhin. The Young Generation A Collective Portrait Mid 2000s-2012 Including artists such as: Anastasia Tailakova, Daria Tuminas, Anna Skladmann, Nikita Pirogov. The history of Russian creative photography since the late 1950s, its artists and art works are the subjects of essays by the leading Russian curators and independent art historians, Evgeny Berezner, Irina Chmyreva and Natalia Tarasova. As Deputy Director General for photography and multi-media projects at the ROSIZO State Museum and Exhibition Center of the Russian Ministry of Culture, Evgeny Berezner curated over 150 exhibitions of contemporary and classical Russian photography. Irina Chmyreva is the senior researcher for photography at the Department of Russian Art of the 20th Century in the State Research Institute of Art History in The Russian Academy of Fine Arts. She has written widely on Russian photography. Natalia Tarasova has been curating exhibitions of contemporary and classical photography since the mid-ninties in Russia and abroad. She is the Assistant Professor at the Photography Art Department of Moscow State University of Culture and Arts. The introduction, by Wendy Watriss (FotoFest), will pay homage to the durability of the creative Russian spirit.
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The history of Russian creative photography since the late 1950s, its artists and art works are the subjects of essays by the leading Russian curators and independent art historians, Evgeny Berezner and Irina Tchmyreva, Ph.d. As Deputy Director General for photography and multi-media projects at the ROSIZO State Museum and Exhibition Center of the Russian Ministry of Culture, Mr. Berezner curated over 150 exhibitions of contemporary and classical Russian photography. Irina Tchmyreva is the senior researcher for photography at the Department of Russian Art of the 20th Century in the State Research Institute of Art History in The Russian Academy of Fine Arts. She has written widely on Russian photography.Frederick Baldwin, is the co-author of a previous Schilt Publishing book, LOOKING AT THE U.S. 1957-1986 with Wendy Watriss (see below). Baldwin has lived and worked both abroad and in the U.S. -- documenting life in the Arctic in the 1950's; the Civil Rights movement in Georgia in the '60's and he also lived and worked in Afghanistan and in India in the late '60's. In 1972 he teamed with Wendy Watriss to begin a major documentary on Texas. In 1983, he co-founded FotoFest with Wendy Watriss and remains Chairman today.Wendy Watriss, has lived in the U.S. and in Europe, has worked as a journalist in the southern U.S. and in New York City. In 1970 she began photographing and practiced photo-journalism. In 1982, she won world recognition from World Press and Oskar Barnack awards for her work reporting on Agent Orange. She co-founded FotoFest with Fred Baldwin in 1983 -- where she was the senior curator and in 1990 became the Artistic Director.
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- : Schilt Publishing b.v.
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- : Evgeny Brezner; Irina Tchmyreva; Frederick C. Baldwin (Consultant Editor); Wendy Watriss (Consultant Editor); Irina Chmyreva
- : Hardback
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- : English
- : 770.94709045
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