PENSON Max Z.

on March 13, 1893 (Velizh, Vitebsk province) — on 19 July 1959 (Tashkent, Uzbekistan)

the Photographer

From the family of a bookbinder. Studied in Velizh city school (1907-1911). Studied at Art-керамической school in Mirgorod, Poltava province (1911-1912). In 1913 her family moved to Vilna. He continued his studies in private art school С. Н. Южанина courses and painting skills of the Vilna art-промышленного school in memory М. М. Антокольского (1913-1915).

From 1915 lived in Kokand (Central Asia). Participated in the organization of Art-производственной school in Kokand, Director, teacher of painting and drawing. Worked in Kokand Department of education (1917). In 1921 as a reward "for the diligent and dedicated work" the camera received from the city authorities, was fascinated by photography.

In 1923 the people's Commissariat was transferred from Kokand to Tashkent. Soon resigned, enlisted in the tobacco shop. From 1925 to systematically photo. In 1926 joined the staff of the Tashkent newspaper "Pravda Vostoka". Publish your photos in magazines "Soviet Union", "USSR in construction", "Light industry", "Light". No. 10 for 1933, the magazine "USSR in construction" was entirely made up of photos М. З. Пенсона.

Worked on the stories for the Soviet pavilion at the world exhibition in new-Йорке (1939), at the Tashkent textile mill, in the all-day creches, maternity and the silk-spinning factory, the construction of the Big Fergana canal (all @the end of the mdas 1930-х).

was friendly with Э. К. Тиссэ, С. М. Эйзенштейном.

participated in many photo contests, have been awarded prestigious prizes. The picture "Son" award-3-й prize at the photo contest of the newspaper "Pravda" (1936); "Farmer" — prize of the magazine "Soviet photo" (1937). In 1939 for a series of shots of the construction of the Fergana canal was awarded the Honorary diploma and the badge of the Builder of the Great Fergana canal. И. В. Сталина.

during the great Patriotic war he worked as a photo correspondent of Newspapers "Pravda Vostoka", "True"; TASS. The photos were published in many periodicals: the newspaper "Socialist agriculture", "Teacher's newspaper", "Pionerskaya Pravda", "Ogonek", "Trud", "Komsomolskaya Pravda", "Vechernyaya Moskva".

In 1949 dismissed in the midst of the struggle "rootless cosmopolitans". The last years of his life was engaged in retouching his own photographs.

Participated in exhibitions: 1-я all-Union exhibition of photography (1937, diploma 2-й degree), "Soviet woman" (1938), "Photography of the USSR for 40 years" (1958, diploma) in Moscow; the world exhibition in Paris (1937, gold medal for photo "Uzbek Madonna"), 1-я Republican exhibition of art photography in Tashkent (1958, diploma 1-й degree). His personal exhibitions were held in Tashkent (1936, 1945).

a Retrospective exhibition of works took place on Sunsvall, Sweden (2001), Moscow (2003, 2006), Rome (2003),Tashkent (2005), Ekaterinburg (2005, 2006), London (2007).

the Archive of the photographer belongs to the heirs.

Penson — prominent Soviet photographer who created a kind of chronicle of life in Soviet Uzbekistan. Aptly С. М. Эйзенштейна, "it is impossible to speak of Ferghana without mentioning the omnipresent Penson who was with his camera all over Uzbekistan". His creative legacy is enormous and is more than 50 thousand negatives. The main themes of art: traditional Uzbek subjects, portraits, sports, photos of women; was influenced by pictorialism (a long time worked in a pictorial manner) and constructivism, with close-UPS and unexpected angles.

Sources:

1. Max Penson. 1893-1959. Photogallery Of Dina M. Khodjaeva. M., 2006.
2. maxpenson.com