On the main fotoletopistsah era of underground art - Igor Palmin, Vladimir Sychev, Valentin Serov, Oleg Kaplin and others

In 1960 and 1980 an informal art became a source of inspiration for many photographers. At the private shows, art workshops at photographers captured many important events and interesting people of his time. It is through their pictures reconstructs the atmosphere of a younger generation of "time artists».

Photographers Igor Palmin, Vladimir Sychev , Valentin Serov, Oleg Kaplin, Zheltov , Leo Melikhov captured on film many events in the life of painters of the sixties. Their photographs convey the atmosphere of those years, the opposition of official and unofficial art in the USSR.

Vladimir Sychev Vladimir Yakovlev. 1960-1980 From the archives of the author Source: forum.artinvestment.ru

Vladimir Sychev Ismail exhibition. 1974 From the archives of the author Source: forum.artinvestment.ru

Photographer Vladimir Sychev (born 1945) was an active participant in non-conformist movements. In 1970 in his apartment, spent a lot of the "closed" exhibitions. He was close with many artists. Sychev then emigrated to France, where, working with magazines, "Paris Match" and Vogue, became famous photojournalist. In 1970 he captured the Bulldozer and Izmaylovo exhibitions, as well as many of the sixties in a private setting. According to the database ARTinvestment.RU, of the entire galaxy of the chroniclers of underground art at auction were sold while only pictures Sychev. The most successful transaction was the sale of the picture, "Keith Haring, painted the Berlin Wall" at the Geneva auction Hôtel des ventes de Genève in March this year for more than one thousand dollars. Prices for photographs Sychev in the range of 400-800 dollars.

Vladimir Sychev Vladimir Nemukhin. 1960-1980 From the archives of the author Source: forum.artinvestment.ru

The most important witness to the "time art" was Igor Palmin (born 1933). He wrote that all the pictures done for myself, for the memory of the people closest to him: "All these people are united by the memory. The ability to store it - superior quality, I appreciate that in the pictures. These pictures - evidence of my relationship, not the photographer skills "(Forum for AI /Artists, art, history /theme" Images of Artists "/message number 1 and number 10 of 10.12.2008). He succeeded admirably convey artistic atmosphere of that era: Krasnopevtsev against the background of his work, Eugene Rukhin in the studio, < /a> at work. This year, held a personal exhibition of the photographer, "Igor Palmin. Past Perfect» in the Cultural Foundation "Ekaterina».

< div class = "imgcenter"> Igor Palmin Dmitry Krasnopevtsev. 1975 From the archives of the author Source: forum.artinvestment.ru

Igor Palmin Eugene Rukhin. 1972 Leningrad yard workshop. From the author's archive Source: forum.artinvestment.ru

Moscow photographer Valentin Serov was friends with many members of the underground, has exhibited his work at the apartment of artist K. Nahapetyan in 1975. In 1980 Serov made two samizdat leaflet "Odessa artists" with photographic portraits and reproductions of works. Lens Wizard captures many of the events forbidden art of living artists.

< /a> Valentin Serov In the studio Odnoralov left to right: K. Nahapetyan, M. Oaks, VA Komar, Rabin, B. Steinberg, A. Kropiwnicki, Odnoralov M., A. Khrushchev, L. Pyatnitskaya N. Elskaya, Kiblitsky I., Y. frying. 1974 Source: ru.wikipedia.org

Kaplin Oleg Alexander Kharitonov Source: estetmagazine.ru /archive

Oleg Caplin (born 1940) is also non-art photographer, but the main focus for him was still photography on religious themes. In the 1970s, Caplin studied painting with the famous Vasily Sitnikov . It was then that photographer became acquainted with many artists of the underground art. In 2009, Caplin was the winner of the First Biennale of the Russian Museum, where it upon completion of the project staged a solo exhibition.

Photographer dissident Lev Melikhov (born 1951) captured the non-conformist artists in the 1980s, not long before many of them left the country. Melikhov created a gallery of unique portraits, for what it called the "poet of the portrait».

Leo Melikhov Ilya Kabakov. 1987 Source: YURI YELLOW Dmitry Plavinsky Source: photounion.ru

Zheltov Yuri (born 1942), better known as a painter than a photographer. In 1960-70s, he created geometric abstraction, but at the same time his lens captures the artistic life of the Sixties directly into the thick of things. The auctions were sold while only paintings Zheltova.

Photographers informal Art history preserved for a whole layer of Culture - alternative art 1960-80s. They had different approaches to photography, shooting someone with a purpose, someone - by accident, but one thing in common: an interest in the artist to his character, the desire to understand his inner world. In terms of investment photographs represent great value, as there may be a good addition to collections of works of the sixties. The decisive criterion for the evaluation of photographic artistry is not so much as the documentary and historical significance of the photograph.

Marina Bondarenko, AI