Today FotoSoyuz Gallery opens exhibition of the memory of Nina and Dmitri Sviridov Vozdvyzhensky «Time illusions»

Today, Gallery «FotoSoyuz» Exhibition memory Sviridova Nina (1933-2008) and Dmitri Vozdvyzhensky (1942-2005), entitled «The time of illusions», which will last until November 12.

famous «Thaw», received its name in 50 of the last century, gave birth in the field of culture and art terms, moving us up to date: «Sixties». Suffice it to recall performances in theaters Taganka and «Contemporary», on the poetic innovations Evtushenko, Voznesensky, Okudzhava.

should be named and who was the «revolution» in Russian photography. At that time, the wizard worked successfully since the Great Patriotic War with a camera in their hands: Alpert , Baltermants , Tarasevich, Garanin. But next to them, surprising his talent, worked their younger colleagues. Among them - Nina and Dmitri Sviridov Vozdvizhensky. They are rightfully included in the honorable list of the era, along with V. Gendi, Rote, AN Rakhmanov, V. Ahlomovym, G. Kolosov, L. Sherstennikovym, E. Cassino, in Reznikova and many other artists whose works were decorated with newspaper and magazine bands and exhibitions of national and foreign Picture exhibit.

Nina Sviridova in those remote sixties was already surrounded by the attention of their colleagues as a charming woman, skillfully holding the camera. Over her shoulders were trips to many corners of the Soviet Union: in Transcarpathia, in the Urals, in Belarus, the Baltic ... And then there was a wonderful meeting that determined her whole future life, and remains in memory forever. Nikolina at the mountain she met Dimu Vozdvyzhensky. Both were beautiful and young. Love, that is, at first glance, but as if they were waiting for her all the previous years. Like many of their colleagues, and Sviridova Vozdvizhensky have a professional photo «military intelligence», born of a student's classroom. She - a graduate of the Philological Faculty of Moscow State University, he was - from the Graduate School of Petrochemical Institute. IM Gubkin. Both, each in its own way, were in love with photography, both with experience, professionals have become the highest sample.

What happened next? Working together, which lasted about 40 years. They successfully worked all these years, creating a unique family and the union. In the March issue of the magazine «The Soviet photo» for 1974 came a great article: «For the round table - women reporters», in which Nina is very accurately determined their attitude toward photography: «I think that every photojournalist, in addition to work on editorial assignment, must Required to work on their own, especially close to his subject. For me, this theme was human happiness. I love the people of optimism, joy, light perception of the world ».

This postulate Nina and Dima did not change his entire life.

In the 1960's and 1970's of pictures continuously printed on the covers of magazines «Sovetskoe photo». There are the cover and articles about the master and abroad. Photography «Hello, love!» 1971 he received a gold medal in Berlin at the exhibition «Love, Friendship, Solidarity». A number of awards obtained a photograph «Two on the island», just difficult to calculate. This is the second degree and diploma of the journal «Sovetskoe photos» at the Fourth All-Union art exhibition in 1966 and a silver medal at the fifth exhibition «Bifota» in Berlin in 1970, and his sixth in an international biennale «Artfoto» Portugal in 1971 and a bronze medal in the cabin «35 mm» in 1972 in Hong Kong, and the Medal of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of France, at «Fotounivers» 1976. This picture published even weekly STERN, illustrating an article on the relationship between the sexes in the winning of socialism, that is about sex in the USSR.

Sometimes masters were very funny situation. The fee for the publication in England in 1962 ( «line») was never lost. Check on the firm for the time value - 3 lbs with a small, still lies at home - «in memory», as a reward for the publication in the Swiss magazine Camera photos «Fans» became a three-year subscription to the magazine itself.

Submissions Sviridova Nina and Dmitry Vozdvyzhensky on the need for an image of happiness in the pictures made them welcome in many of the publications that printed the Soviet Union to promote the Soviet way of life abroad. Their fotoocherki willing to print and Soviet Life, and the Soviet Union. But the most amazing thing is that they continued to find the joy of life, even when, and for joy, and from the light of life in the former Soviets left and the trail.

Is it any wonder that the work of talented artists were honored with awards at the most prestigious exhibitions of the year. Suffice it to mention the exhibition «For socialist photo» or «Interpressfoto». You can remember the gold, silver and bronze medals from France, Germany, Hong Kong. Award for first prize at the 1967 «Our Motherland» photo of «Youth» became a trip to Czechoslovakia. Overall, according to Nina and Dmitry, they participated in more than 50 international expositions, and as much as Soviet. Their work included in the famous exhibition «The children of this world», which is organized in Hamburg Karl Pavek in the late seventies. On their account more than thirty personal exhibitions - of which many colleagues can envy. Their photos are stored, because they have that back in 1961, noticed in the works of a young woman Semyon Fridlyand: «It has a movement of human feelings, the mood» ...

Source: museum.ru