Israel Ozersky

• Name — Izrail Ozersky • Native Name — Израиль Озерский • Born — 28 March 1917 • Birthplace — Pochinok, Russian Empire • Died — 1971 • Place of death — Moscow, Russia • Occupation — Photojournalism

Izrail Abramovich Ozersky was born on March 28, 1904 in Pochinkovsky, Smolensk Oblast. He first worked as a welder. He then learned the craft of photography and in the 1930s began working at the Soyuzfoto agency. During the Great Patriotic War, he was a correspondent for the TASS photo chronicle. He took documentary photographs on the North Caucasian, Crimean, Northwestern and Ukrainian fronts. His photograph Soldier's Work became a classic of Soviet war documentary photography. In the post-war period, he worked as a photojournalist at Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy, at the Novosti news agency. In October 1926, he joined the military service, according to documents he served as a military engineer of the 3rd rank; captain; reserve lieutenant and lieutenant. He was known for his photographs of the Great Patriotic War.

• Illustration — Soldier's work, a soldier walks along the road, behind him artillery raises clouds of dust and pushes a 45 mm anti-tank gun, Russia, August 1, 1943. • Illustration — "Soldiers on the march", Red Army soldiers on the march during the Great Patriotic War, Soviet Union, September 1, 1943 • Illustration — "Hungry people." A grandmother carries a hungry teenager on a sled during the Siege of Leningrad, February 1, 1942. • Illustration — "Tears of happiness". A woman is happy that a soldier has returned alive. Moscow, June 1, 1945. • Illustration — Lyudmila Pavlichenko, the most successful Soviet sniper with a weapon in a trench, 1942, Směna magazine, No. 12, 1942 • Illustration — Militsiya officer at a post on Gorky Street, Moscow, August 1941. • Illustration — "Tank landing with a T-26 near Rostov in the Korsun-Shevchenkovsky region." The Great Patriotic War 1941-1945. Winter 1944.