Ignatovitch Boris V.

April 4, 1899 (Slutsk) - April 4, 1976 (Moscow)

Photographer

born in the family of school teachers. From 1908 to 1914 he studied at the gymnasium in the city of Lodz (Poland), and then, from 1914 in the gymnasium of Lugansk, where he was expelled in 1917 for publication of the magazine "Shantrapa" and participation in the revolutionary riots. In 1918 he graduated with a silver medal school in Petrograd, and returned to Lugansk, where he enrolled as a journalist for the newspaper of the North-Donetsk Communist ».

In 1919-1920 he joined the RKP (b); litsotrudnikom worked in Kharkov and Kiev newspapers, managing editor of the newspaper "Krasnaya Bashkortostan (Ufa), in charge of the regional department GROWTH Sterlitamak. One of the first members then created the Union of Journalists. Participated in the First All-Russia Congress of Journalists (1920). Later was a delegate to the Second and Third All-Union Congress of Journalists.

In 1921-1922 worked as deputy editor and then editor of the Moscow newspaper "miner", for publishing unverified Rabkorovskaya letters from the province was transferred from the members of the RCP (b) as a candidate and dismissed by the editor. Soon went to Leningrad, where he headed the editorial boards of Leningrad comic magazines "trolley", "laughers" and "Buzoter. In 1923 he made his first shot репортажный: shot pocket camera "Kodak" writer Michael Zoshchenko for buying apples.

in 1925 was restored in the ranks of the RCP (B.) and returned to Moscow, where he worked as managing editor of the journal "Work Week". In 1926, working in the annex to the newspaper "Trud", bought his first camera. Participated in the exhibition of photographic reporting, organized by the Association of Moscow photographers for the Press House (Moscow).

In 1927 he went to the newspaper "The poor" (Moscow) as a press photographer, shooting videos on the rural life, Volkhovstroi, the first turbine. In 1928, on orders editorial shot Ludorvaysky trial fists in Udmurtia.

From 1929 - a professional photographer magazine "Modern Architecture" and "Give!", which was published 13 copyright photo essays, "listener", "Working Illustrated Newspaper". One of the first to shoot the German small format camera "Leica". A series of frames taken with this camera, published on the pages of magazines "Soviet Photo" ( "With the new harvest," "Red Army", "Group Portrait", "In the farm-yard") and "Give!". Participated in the photo exhibition of the Society of Friends of Soviet cinema (ODSK) (Moscow), which at the time of weighing exposition met Alexander Rodchenko. Participated in the exhibition of artistic photos of Vienna (Austria).

In 1930, according to the scenario of Esther Shub took off at the studio "Soiuzkinokhronika cameramen" kinoocherk "Today", part of the frame which was published in the journal "Cinema and Life" (1930, № 21), and also participated in the creation one of the first sound film "Olympiad of Art».

In 1931 worked as a photojournalist publishing "Izogiz", in which for the special issue of the magazine "USSR in Construction", together with N. Shtertser, made an extensive series of aerial surveys of Leningrad from the aircraft "P-5" (№ 11, 1931).

Together with Alexander Rodchenko led to the dissolution in April 1932, fotosektsiey group "October" (appeared on the basis of the same name together representatives of different genres and arts). Fotosektsiya became an independent creative photographic association, which is known in the history of Soviet photography as a "Group" October "." Participated in group exhibition in the Press House (1931).

In 1932 was elected chairman of the Moscow Association of photojournalists. In 1932-1934, working cameraman "Soiuzkinokhronika cameramen, shot a documentary feature entitled" How do Kukryniksy ", as well as the film" The Electrification of the USSR ».

In 1934-1935 headed the department of illustrations of the newspaper "Evening Moscow", worked with the newspapers "Pravda," the Working newspaper "Trud", "Komsomolskaya Pravda", magazines "Spot", "Red Niva "," Twinkle "," Change "," Soviet Photo ". In mid-1930's special prominence acquired so-called "Brigade Ignatovich, removed for the newspaper" Evening Moscow "and the agency photoinformation" Soyuzfoto. In the brigade, except B. Ignatovich included E. Langman, J. Brodsky, L. Bach, O., and E. Ignatovitch.

in 1935-1936 led spetsbrigadoy photographers, created agency Soyuzfoto "for shooting subjects of the Stakhanov movement. Created a series of "Cossacks».

From 1936 to 1937 worked as a photojournalist of the newspaper "Komsomolskaya Pravda". In 1937-1938 participated in the First All-Union Exhibition photography (Moscow (GMII im. Pushkin) - Leningrad (SRM) - Kiev).

In 1937-1941 worked as a staff photojournalist magazine "Construction of Moscow", continuing to cooperate with the magazine "USSR in Construction". In 1938 participated in an exhibition of Soviet photography in Kaunas (Lithuania) and in 1938-1939 - in an international photo exhibition in England.

From the first days of the Great Patriotic War - a military photographer of the newspaper "battle standard" 30-th army on the Kalinin Front (1941-1943). In 1943-1944 was sent to the Western and Bryansk fronts, worked in the partisan detachments Briansk. In 1945 photographs of Marshal Zhukov at the time of signing of the Act of Surrender of Germany.

In 1945-1950 he worked in the studio. Grekova military photographer. In 1950, discharged as a captain, this time the first experiments in color photography. I photographed landscapes, devoted much time portrait photography. Photographer for publishing "Truth" and the magazine Ogonyok (1950-1951) and photo production and technical workshops at the Agricultural Exhibition (VSHV), which in 1952 organized the laboratory of color photography. In 1953-1954 worked as a photo artist publishing house Izogiz "; participated in the exhibition" Photography of the USSR for 40 years "(Moscow). He worked as a photographer and artist in the fashion magazine "(1954-1955), in" Stroiizdat "(1955-1956), headed the department at the publishing house" Art ". In 1957, when it resumed publication of the magazine "Soviet Photo", about a year working in his edition of a literary collaborator. In 1959-1965 supervised photo studio in the factory "Sickle and Hammer", a consultant in a photo studio club "Labor Reserves", conducted in the largest section of the photo essay photoclub country - Moscow "Innovator", participated in the reporting of club shows.

solo exhibitions were held in Prague (1947), Moscow (1948, Central House of Arts, 1969, Central House of Journalists), Vilnius (1972).

died of a stroke. Rogozhskoe buried at a cemetery in Moscow.

photos are in the collections of the Union of Photographers of Russia, the museum "Moscow House of Photography", GMII im. Pushkin, Alex Lachman Gallery (Cologne), the Museum Ludwig (Cologne), and other collections.