Kudoyarov Boris Pavlovich

1898 (Tashkent) - 1974 (Moscow)

Photographer

information about the family did not survive. In his youth interested in soccer and amateur photography.

From 1918 to 1920 he served in the Red Army.

since 1924 - a professional photographer, under the influence of youthful passion was sports correspondent, published in the magazine "Physiotherapy" and "Soviet photo»

In 1926, photographer for the agency Unionfoto. In 1929, received the patronage over fotokruzhkom factory "Spartak».

In 1932 during the celebration of May Day was shooting from the plane P-5 Red Square, with columns of demonstrators, design Metrostroi, Palace of Labor, Sverdlovsk area with giant portraits of the middle. In the same year made official tour of the Nizhny Novgorod region, made a series of shots, including Ba, Sormovo, Vyksinskogo plant, port and so on.

consisted of the creative team "October" (1930-1931). Been influenced by the group's leaders - Alexander Rodchenko and Boris Ignatovich. In 1931 came to the agency "Soyuzfoto. He specialized in sports events, but shot and construction, power plants, collective farms. Photographed advanced workers.

in 1933 became a correspondent for the newspaper "Izvestia", and in mid-1930's - the newspaper "Komsomolskaya Pravda". The most famous of the 1930's: "Kolkhoznye jumps", "disc thrower", "At the finish line", "Holiday in Tushino", "V. Chkalov", "tractor-Turkmen", "The Shepherd", "Likbez" "The border guards in the Karakum desert. Participated in the VII International Salon of photography in Cracow (1933).

In 1935 participated in the exhibition "Masters of Soviet photography in Moscow, was exhibited at the Salon International" Iris "in Antwerp (1935, 1937), an international photo exhibition company" Manes "in Prague (1936).

During the war, worked as a military photographer for the newspaper "Komsomolskaya Pravda". 900 days in the besieged city, has created a series of 3 000 personnel "Leningrad blockade," was incorporated into the history of Soviet photojournalism and photography (cycles: "The first days of the blockade", "Hanko peninsula," the difficult days of the blockade "," Ingrian and the Kirov factory "," active defense "," Surround - Front "," Ladoga - Road of Life "," Breakthrough of the blockade, "" offensive "," Hero City Leningrad "," End the war »).

In the postwar years Kudoyarov filmed mostly life of the Soviet Central Asian republics. In 1973, the exhibition of art and documentary photography "50 years of the Great October Revolution", dedicated to 50 Anniversary of the USSR and held in Moscow, his series "Central Asia. Years of the twentieth - the years of the seventies, "was awarded.

Engaged in color photography, participated in the exhibition of artistic color photographs (1954, Moscow) and in the exhibition of artistic photographs (1955, Moscow, Central House of Journalists). From 1960 to 1963 participated in the annual All-artistic photo exhibition "Seven-Year Plan in Action" (Moscow). In 1973 participated in the All-Union Exhibition of art and documentary photography "My Country" (Moscow, Central Exhibition Hall).

was a member of the Central Bureau fotokomissii Union of Journalists of the USSR, a member of the organizing committee of All-Union exhibitions. Awarded the Order of the Red Star and medals. Honored Worker of Culture of the RSFSR.