Investment in the Soviet sports photos
ARTinvestment.RU   31 августа 2012

Photographers in Soviet times were shooting sports events under the motto "Faster, Higher, Stronger!"

Leisure and sports excellence in SSSP even stood in the service of ideology, but still relied on the sincere love of millions of people. Not surprisingly, the Soviet sports photography carried special energy.

Patriarch sports photography Lev Borodulin (b. 1923) has always been able to convey the intensity of the sports moment, the mood and atmosphere of the athlete competition. The basic techniques of the photographer - a clear composition and dynamics of the frame. Borodulin soldier seriously took the photo in the late 1940s. In the 1950's and 60's worked as a staff reporter in the magazine "Ogonek", where his mentor was the photographer Baltermants . In the lens of his camera is the most important sporting events held in the USSR and abroad. Snapshot "from the tower" ("Diver"), filmed during the Olympic Games in Rome in 1960, was printed on the cover of "Spark", which caused an uproar in the political elite. Chief Soviet ideologist Mikhail Suslov smashed to smithereens style shooting photos, calling the picture "flying well ...". The scandal has been settled, but the photos Borodulina long not printed on the cover of "Spark". In 1964, after the Olympic Games in Tokyo photographer offered a snapshot "We play football," which took the unusual for the time lens "fish-eye", and a picture like us, and to our readers. In 1971 Borodulina awarded a gold medal for achievement in sports photography. In 1972, at the height of his fame photographer decided to leave the country and moved to Israel, where he still lives.

Borodulina photos were sold on auction sites since the 1990s. According to the auction statistics ARTinvestment.RU, in the early 2000s for his shot paid two to three thousand pounds. After 2008, prices fell slightly, the range was from 500 to 3000 pounds. The ill-fated shot "from the tower" for several times to buy at auction: in 2008, at the Bonhams auction in London for him to pay 1,800 pounds. The most expensive pictures is "Parade, Moscow", which was bought at the same auction at Bonhams 3840 pounds. Lev Borodulin and he collects picture. In his collection of works by such authors as Alpert , Eremin , , Ignatovich , Zelma , Debabov , Granovsky , Khalip , Petrusov , Ryumkin , Shahin , Khaldei , Baltermants and the work of many other classics. If an auction occurs photo with provenance «Borodulin collection», a kind of quality mark, speaks not only of taste preferences collector, but also the recognition of the professional skills of colleagues, which is especially important for a photographer.

Lipskerov George (1896-1977) was one of the absolute pioneers sports photography of the 1930s. Lipskerov he was an outstanding athlete, USSR champion in rowing. Photographer working in the newspaper "Red Sports" from 1930 was a sports photographer at the agency and Soyuzfoto TASS news in pictures. Lipskerov visited the mission in the north, the Pamirs, Kamchatka, in the upper reaches of the Lena River in Siberia, and each time brought unique shots. Lipskerova considered a pioneer in sports photography, because he's one of the first to make use of unusual camera angles for shooting competitions. For example, the picture "Eight" was removed from the top, in the 1930s, the sport was a novelty. According to statistics ARTinvestment.RU, this picture bought at auction RAD in Moscow this year for 130,000 rubles (2,505 pounds).

Emmanuel Yevzerikhin (1911-1984) interest in photography since childhood, in 15 years, became a freelance korrespontentom" Press-TASS cliche "in Rostov-on-Don. From 1930 he worked in Moscow TASS news in pictures. During his artistic career took off Yevzerikhin many important events of the Soviet era, including sporting events. According to the auction statistics, photos Yevzerikhin buy in the range of 1 000-2 500 pounds.

young amateur photographer Boris Kudoyarova (1898-1973) was invited to work in the magazine photojournalist" Physiotherapy "in 1925. From 1933 photographer collaborated with the newspaper "Izvestia", later - with "Komsomolskaya Pravda". Kudoyarov was a member of "October", which included Rodchenko Ignatovich, . Auction site Kudoyarova photos are rare. Vintage picture "Football", shot in the late 1940s, bought at auction for RAD 50 thousand (963 lbs).

Many Soviet photographers turned to the sports theme. In the archives of photographers Alexander Ustinov (1909-1995), Anatoly Yegorov (1907-1986), Alexander Rodchenko (1891-1956), Robert Diament (1907-1987), (1911) so there will always be pictures of sports or popular sport in the Soviet era parades. Photo Egorova "jump" was sold at auction in Moscow RAD with an estimate of 60-75 thousand rubles, but the buyer is not found. Diament snapshot "Olympics VMS Polar "bought at the same auction for 90,000 rubles (1734 lbs.) Photo Morozova "Employment in physical training sailors' went for 63,000 rubles (1214 pounds) again on the Russian auction house auction in June this year.

The speed turn photos into a collector's turnover Russia today is still far behind the developed markets. Nevertheless, the rise of interest in this area in recent years is evident. Pioneering Soviet Photography Collector's class is still available for a wide range of customers and thus has great potential for growth.

Marina Bondarenko, AI

Photos:

Lev Borodulin from the tower Cover of" Spark ". 1960 Source: borodulincollection.com	Lev Borodulin We play volleyball. 1965 Source: lumiere.ru
Lev Borodulin Parade, Moscow. 1956 Source: artinvestment.ru	Lev Borodulin Archer. 1959 Source: borodulincollection.com
Lev Borodulin Olympic champion Oleg Grigoryev. 1960 Source: borodulincollection.com	Anatoly Yegorov Racing. 1970 Source: artinvestment.ru
GEORGE Lipskerov Eight. 1938 Source: artinvestment.ru	Robert Diament Games of VMS Polar. 1944 Source: artinvestment.ru
Boris Kudoyarov Football. Late 1940s Source: artinvestment.ru	EMMANUIL Yevzerikhin Football on Red Square. 1930 Source: fotodelo.ru
Anatoly Morozov Classes in physical training sailors. 1950 Source: artinvestment.ru	Ustinov day athletes. 1930 Source: lumiere.ru