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Soviet photographers

44 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Aleksandr DeynekaPhotographer · PhotographyAleksandr Aleksandrovich Deyneka (20 May 1899 – 12 June 1969) was a Soviet painter, graphic artist and sculptor, regarded as one of the most important Russian modernist figurative painters…
Alexander KargaltsevPhotographer · PhotographyAlexander "Sasha" Kargaltsev (born 1985) is a Russian-born American artist, writer, photographer, actor and film director.
Alexander RodchenkoDesigner · FashionAleksander Mikhailovich Rodchenko (Russian: Александр Михайлович Родченко; 5 December [O.S.
Alexander StefanovichPhotographer · PhotographyAlexander Borisovich Stefanovich (13 December 1944 – 13 July 2021) was a Russian film director, producer, and screenwriter. Cavalier of Order of Friendship.
Andrey SolovievPhotographer · PhotographyAndrey Borisovich Soloviev (7 October 1953 – September 27, 1993) was a Soviet war photographer.
Anna Ostroumova-LebedevaEngraver · PrintsAnna Petrovna Ostroumova-Lebedeva (17 May 1871 — 5 May 1955) was a Russian draughtsman and painter during the Modernist period, most notable for her watercolor painting.
Antanas SutkusPhotographer · PhotographyIllustration — Sutkus in 1996
Arkady ShaikhetPhotographer · PhotographyArkady Samoylovich Shaikhet (12 September 1898 18 November 1959) was a prominent Soviet photojournalist and photographer.
Boris MikhailovPhotographer · PhotographyBoris Andreyevich Mikhailov or Borys Andriyovych Mykhailov (born 25 August 1938) is a Ukrainian photographer.
Boris SavelevPhotographer · PhotographyBoris Savelev (born 1948) is a Ukrainian-born Russian photographer.
Boris SmelovPhotographer · PhotographyBoris Smelov, Petit-Boris (March 13, 1951 — January 18, 1998) was a Russian and Soviet photographer considered a master of still life, portraits, and urban landscapes.
David KakabadzeArtist · PaintingsDavit Kakabadze (დავით კაკაბაძე; 20 August 1889 – 10 May 1952) was a leading Georgian avant-garde painter, graphic artist and scenic designer.
Dmytro KomarovPhotographer · PhotographyDmytro Konstiantynovych Komarov (born 17 June 1983) is a Ukrainian journalist, traveler, photographer, and author, host of the television program The World Inside Out.
El LissitzkyArtist · SculptureEl Lissitzky (born Lazar Markovich Lissitzky; 23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was a Russian and Soviet artist, active as a painter, illustrator, designer, printmaker, photographer, and…
Erik BulatovIllustrator · IllustrationErik Vladimirovich Bulatov (Russian: Эрик Владимирович Булатов; 5 September 1933 – 9 November 2025) was a Russian artist who was raised in Moscow.
Georgy KiesewalterPhotographer · PhotographyGeorgy Kiesewalter (Russian: Георгий Кизевальтер, b. 1955 in Moscow) is a Russian conceptual artist, photographer and essayist, working in different artistic areas from painting to graphic…
Gosha RubchinskiyDesigner · FashionGeorgiy Aleksandrovich Rubchinskiy (Russian: Георгий Александрович Рубчинский; born 29 June 1984), known professionally as Gosha Rubchinskiy (Russian: Гоша Рубчинский), is a Russian fashion…
Gueorgui PetroussovPhotographer · PhotographyGeorgy Grigoryevich Petrusov (1903 1971) was a Soviet photographer. His photographs were exhibited at the Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow in 2010–2011.
Gueorgui PinkhassovPhotographer · PhotographyGueorgui Pinkhassov is a photographer, born in Moscow in 1953. He is a member of Magnum Photos.
Gustavs KlucisPhotographer · PhotographyGustav Gustavovich Klutsis (Gustavs Klucis; 4 January 1895 – 26 February 1938) was a pioneering Latvian photographer and major member of the Constructivist avant-garde in the early 20th…
Igor ChepusovPhotographer · PhotographyIgor Chepusov (1950-2011) was a Soviet and American producer, script writer, director, artist, architect, photographer, director of photography and cameraman.
Igor KostinPhotographer · PhotographyHe was born in Chișinău and died in Khlepcha.
Igor MoukhinPhotographer · PhotographyIgor Vladimirovich Mukhin (born 19 November 1961), also known as Igor Vladimirovich Moukhin, is a Russian photographer. He was a member of the In-Public street photography collective.
Ilya IlfPhotographer · Photography
Ilya KabakovEngraver · PrintsIlya Iosifovich Kabakov (Illia Yosypovych Kabakov; September 30, 1933 – May 27, 2023) was an American and Soviet conceptual artist, born in Dnipropetrovsk in what was then the Ukrainian SSR…
Ilya VarlamovPhotographer · PhotographyIlya Aleksandrovich Varlamov (born 7 January 1984) is a Russian blogger, journalist, photographer, urbanist, and YouTuber known for his critical commentary on Russian politics and urban…
Khudaibergen DevanovPhotographer · PhotographyKhudaibergen Devanov (Xudoybergan Devonov; 1879—1940) was a pioneering Uzbek photographer, cinematographer, filmmaker and cameraman.
Margit Sielska-ReichPhotographer · PhotographyMargit Sielska-Reich (26 May 1900 – 3 February 1980) was a Polish-Ukrainian painter who worked in Lviv.
Max AlpertPhotographer · PhotographyMax Vladimirovich Alpert (Russian: Макс Владимирович Альперт; 18 March 1899 – 30 November 1980) was a prominent Soviet photographer who was mostly known for his frontline work during World…
Max PensonPhotographer · PhotographyMax Zakharovich Penson (1893–1959) was a Russian-Jewish photojournalist and photographer of the Soviet Union noted for his photographs of Uzbekistan.
Mikhail EvstafievPhotographer · PhotographyMikhail Aleksandrovich Evstafiev (born 12 January 1963) is a Russian artist, photographer, and writer.
Mikhail KaufmanPhotographer · PhotographyMikhail Abelevich Kaufman (1897 – March 11, 1980) was a Soviet and Russian cinematographer, photographer and film director.
Mikhail PrishvinPhotographer · PhotographyMikhail Mikhailovich Prishvin (4 February 1873 – 16 January 1954) was a Russian and Soviet novelist, prose writer and publicist.
Semyon Davidovich KirlianPhotographer · PhotographySemyon Davidovich Kirlian (20 February 1898 – 4 April 1978) was a Soviet inventor and researcher of Armenian descent, who along with his wife Valentina Khrisanfovna Kirlian (1904—1971), a…
Sergei EisensteinPerson · Film memorabiliaSergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein (11 February 1948) was a Soviet film director, screenwriter, film editor and film theorist.
Sergey VoychenkoDesigner · Modern designSergey Voychenko (Siarhiej Vojchanka) (15 November 1955 – 9 December 2004) was a Belarusian artist and designer known for his creative posters and photography art work together with his…
Stasys EidrigevičiusArtist · PaintingsStasys Eidrigevičius (born 24 July 1949 in Mediniškiai, Lithuania) is a painter and graphic artist.
Valentina KulaginaDesigner · Modern designValentina Kulagina, full name Valentina Nikiforovna Kulagina-Klutsis (1902–1987) was a Russian painter and book, poster, and exhibition designer.
Valery PlotnikovPhotographer · PhotographyValery Fedorovich Plotnikov (20 October 1943 – 2 January 2026) was a Russian photographer.
Vladimir MegrePhotographer · PhotographyVladimir Megre (né Puzakov; born 23 July 1950) is a Russian entrepreneur and writer best known as the author of the Ringing Cedars of Russia (also known as Anastasia) series of books, which…
Vladimir ShukhovPhotographer · PhotographyVladimir Grigoryevich Shukhov (– 2 February 1939) was a Russian and Soviet engineer-polymath, scientist and architect renowned for his pioneering works on new methods of analysis for…
Vladimir TurchinskyPhotographer · PhotographyVladimir Yevgenyevich Turchinsky (Russian: Влади́мир Евге́ньевич Турчи́нский; 28 September 1963 – 16 December 2009) was a Russian wrestler, strongman, television and radio presenter, actor,…
Yakov NazarovPhotographer · PhotographyYakov Sergeyevich Nazarov (Яков Сергеевич Назаров; born 15 March 1942, Baku, Azerbaijan SSR) is a Soviet and Russian documentary film director, photographer, and artist.
Yevgeny KhaldeiPhotographer · PhotographyYevgeny Ananyevich Khaldei (Yevhen Ananiyovych Khaldey; – 6 October 1997) was a Soviet naval officer and photographer.

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