Varvara Stepanova, Red Army Men, with photograph by Boris Ignatovich, for the magazine Abroad, 1930 Photomontage with cardboard and gouache
Last Saturday I popped into the Photographers Gallery to check out the Primrose exhibition which detailed the use of colour in Russian photography.
“Primrose showcases the appearance and development of colour in Russian photography from the 1860s to the 1970s. It presents both the history of Russian photography and the history of Russia in photography, depicting life over the course of a century, as the country endured unprecedented upheaval.”
A. Goravsky, Portrait of a young girl, 1867, Salt print, painted
Anonymous, Dolls in Southern Russian costumes from ethnographic exhibition, 1867, Salt print, painted
Anonymous, Doll in Asiatic costume from ethnographic exhibition, 1867, Salt print, painted
Dmitry Yezuchevsky, Bridge Construction, 1880-1890s, Silver gelatin print, painted
Anonymous, Tatar women, from ‘Caucasus Types’ series, 1910s, Collotype
Anonymous, Kiev City Theatre, 1900s, Offprint with pearl fragments, sealed with glass
Anonymous, Chain bridge, Kiev, 1900s, Offprint with pearl fragments, sealed with glass
Pyotr Pavlov, Panorama of the Kremlin, Moscow, 1910s, Offprint
Alexander Rodchenko, Lenin’s funeral, Molodaya Gvardia (Young Guard) Magazine, 1924, Photomontage with cardboard, paper, typographic print and gouache
Alexander Rodchenko & Varvara Stepanova, Advertising-wall of Mossel prom building, 1924, (design A. Rodchenko, concept V. Mayakovsky) Artist’s silver gelatin print, painted. Courtesy, private collection
Alexander Rodchenko, scene from the film Albidum, 1928, Artist’s silver gelative print with colour pencil. Courtesy, private collection
Vsevolod Tarasevich, Fruits of irrigated soil, Stalingrad province, 1950s, colour print
Robert Diament, He has turned her head, early 1960s, Colour Print
Dmitri Baltermants, Arbat Square, Moscow, 1958, Colour Print
Dmitri Baltermants, Show-window, early 1970s, Colour Print
Dmitri Baltermants, Rain, 1960s, Colour Print
Dmitri Baltermants, Portrait from ‘Meetings with Chukotka’ series, 1965, Colour print
Vasily Ulitin, Evening, 1931, Three-coloured bromoil print
Vasily Ulitin, Flame of Paris, 1932, Bromoil print
Nikolay Andreyev, Edge of a forest, late 1920s, Silver gelatin print with crayon and oils
Boris Mikhailov, #8, Luriki (Lyrics), 1971-1985, Silver gelative print, painted
Boris Mikhailov, #4, Luriki (Lyrics), 1971-1985, Silver gelatin print, painted
Boris Mikhailov, #9, Luriki (Lyrics), 1971-1985, Silver gelatin print, painted
Dmitri Baltermants, Men’s talk, 1950s, Colour print
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