Petrus George G.

1903 (Rostov-na-Donu) - 1971 (Moscow)

Photographer

born in a family servant. With 14 years of keen on photography.

In 1920 graduated from the Rostov school, worked as a bookkeeper, an accountant in the Rostov branch of Industrial Bank. In 1924 he moved to Moscow where he worked as a photographer for the Moscow trade union journals "Metalist" and "Work-chemist", and then - newspapers Pravda and Trud, "Ogonyok", "Change", "Spot".

in 1928-1930 on his own initiative went to the construction of the Magnitogorsk Metallurgical Combine, where a half years led the department to the newspaper Pravda. Here, day after day, from laying the foundation to launch the first blast furnace, followed the creation of a giant of Soviet industry, the first using the method, which was later called "the method of long fotonablyudeniya».

In the 1930's a lot involved in foreign photosalon; was the exhibitor of the exhibition in Paris (1930), the exhibition "Masters of Soviet photography" (1935, Moscow), First All-Union Exhibition photography (1937, Moscow - Leningrad ;-Kiev).

In 1933-1941 worked as a photographer for the magazine USSR in Construction ", prepared copyrights numbers:" Magnitogorsk "," Four wins, "Science in the USSR," Soviet oil "," Moscow Metro " "Karelia", "Kabardino-Balkaria", "Gorky Automobile Plant", "The Black Sea Fleet," Soviet Film "," Canal Moscow - Volga, "Soviet Cossacks", "Western Ukraine and Western Belorussia", "Soviet Bessarabia" , "Armenia", "Red Army" and others. By order of the People's Commissar of Heavy Industry, Sergo Ordzhonikidze, for coverage of the Magnitogorsk and the Gorky Automobile Plant was awarded a photographer car. I photographed in the Kremlin and Red Square. From the editors of Pravda worked at the XVI Congress of the Party and VIII of the Extraordinary Congress of Soviets.

In 1941-1945 was the front-line photographer Sovinformburo and newspaper Izvestia. I photographed on different fronts. The most famous images were the last days of the war: "Prostrate Reichstag", "The signing of the act of unconditional surrender of Germany", "The Return". In April 1945, shot a destroyed Berlin, and later prepared the author's album "Berlin 1945».

In 1945-1955 he worked in publishing "The Art", participated in the creation of numerous albums, including "Moscow" (not published), "Moscow Metro", "Amateur", "Ballet Bolshoi Theater "," University of Moscow ».

participated in the exhibition "The Great Patriotic War in Art Photography" (1948), which was awarded a diploma of the first degree.

From 1955 he worked in the Soviet Information Bureau. Collaborated with the magazine "Sovet Life", published by the Agency "Novosti" in the U.S. (1957-1971).

In 1967 personal exhibition held in Berlin.

In 1969 he went to Berlin to make an album "Two meetings with Berlin».

was a member of All-Union Exhibition photography, as well as international photo salons and exhibitions in Leipzig, Amsterdam, New York, Charleroi, Prague, Paris, Antwerp, Preston, Ankara, Boston, Johannesburg, Zagreb, and others.

Merit in the development of Soviet photography was awarded the title of Honored worker of culture of RSFSR.

In 1979 the publishing house "Planet", in the series "Masters of Soviet photography, was published a monograph" George Petrusov ».