15 RARE shots of Soviet avant-garde photographic art (PHOTOS)
Many Russian avant-garde artists’ experiments in photography are as well known as their canvases and artworks. But, the list of images is much broader than is usually presented in exhibitions around the world. We’ve put together a few examples that rarely appear in public.
1. Dmitry Debabov. ‘People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR K.Voroshilov at the parade on May 1, 1936 in Moscow’, 1936
2. Boris Ignatovich. ‘Tractor Driver Fanya Balak’, 1930s
3. Boris Ignatovic. ‘Loading Boards at the Leningrad Dock’, 1929
4. Olga Ignatovich. ‘Strike worker of the Kauchuk Plant’, 1931
5. Vadim Kovrigin. ‘All-Union Exhibition of Economic Achievements. Fragment of the ‘Worker and Collective Farm Woman’ monument.’ Late 1930s-1940s
6. Nikolai Kuleshov. ‘A Military Formation’, 1930s
7. Nikolai Kuleshov. ‘Moscow’, 1938
8. Vladislav Mikosha. ‘On the Tennis Court’, 1936
9. Mikhail Prechner. ‘Perforation Shop’, 1930s
10. Alexander Rodchenko. ‘Vladimir Mayakovsky with Skotik the Dog’, 1924
11. Alexander Rodchenko. ‘Runners’, 1930s
12. Alexander Rodchenko. ‘Speech by G. Kaminsky in Sokolniki Park’, Before 1937
13. Alexander Rodchenko. ‘Ranks’, 1936
14. Yakov Khalip. ‘Sailboats’, 1930s
15. Eleazar Langman. ‘Arbat Market in Moscow’, 1932
‘Gateway to Russia’ would like to thank the Béton Center of Visual Culture in Moscow for their help in preparing this material.
