Today Gallery «FotoSoyuz» a solo exhibition of Leonid Lazarev, and the presentation of his book «Leonid Lazarev. Favorites. 1956-2006 »

Today, Gallery «FotoSoyuz» a solo exhibition of Leonid Lazarev, and the presentation of his book «Leonid Lazarev. Favorites. 1956-2006 ».

At the Festival of Youth and Students held in Moscow in 1957, Leonid Lazarev won second prize. But the main thing - was in the ranks of these same young fans, like himself, and stubbornly defended peremptorily shooting without prior staging and staging and all of its aesthetics violated censorship rules of the time. Every Thursday, young supporters gathered at the meeting fotosektsy with the Committee of Youth Organizations to show each other and the older generation of its PC work oneself hoarse to argue about the past, present and prospects for photojournalism and photography.

chief artist of the magazine «The Soviet woman» Kiriku Vladimirovich Orlov liked Leonid Lazarev, and determined that the next four years of his professional work of the women's magazine photographer, who, incidentally, has managed to attract the very well-known reporters, past the school 1930's years and the fronts of WWII. The situation in the battle «photographic team» Editorial was a really creative, not only because of impeccable taste and skill KV Orlov, but it certainly moral authority.

Geography trips? Such latitude can only dream: everywhere and anywhere. The creative range? Unlimited. But mostly - the life and work of people in various corners of the then Soviet Union. With regard to creative results, most remembered for the rest of his life - photos, reached England, and made the book fotoshedevrov created by renowned photographers worldwide. Luck? Perhaps. But maybe it to some extent helped to understand how, except for the gift of God, requires special education. Superior Photographic then (as, unfortunately, these days) was not. But fortunately, was a legendary VGIK kinooperatorskim with its faculty, which is already in first grade with the requisite respect for not only film but also to the camera, her diverse creative opportunities. And then, in 1964, again tempting offer from Edward Kravchuk, who headed the new photo journal «Krugozor», combines text, image and sound. Written and photographed for the magazine in those years a very eminent writers, bards, and photojournalist. Work was a lot to umopomracheniya, travel - countless requirements to the results of photography - the highest. In short, this vocational school, and the same - the work on the films, of which some were highly evaluated by teachers VGIK and even was honored to be represented on the screens of the Central Television.

So, photography and film. But it turned out that the same may be close to the most ironic way, and photo ... Theater. Publishing «Planet» offered to make a set of large photo on the small theater. Leonid and did not suspect that already work on the book «The National Theater of Russia» for many years to become a leading theme of his art. How photographer managed to penetrate the subject and reach a certain height in a very typical drama shoot, can be measured by a very remarkable fact. From the result of the shooting of four performances have found the Japanese arrived in Moscow theater workers. Having carefully reviewed the images, the Japanese have not visited any of the performances ... Maly Theater invited the troupe on tour in Japan with these four performances. The right also is not often you hear even in the most complementary assessment of the achievements of the photographer.

But the story of the creative activity of Leonid Nikolaevich Lazarev not be considered complete and comprehensive, is not saying about him ... literary passions. Love in the photograph, film education at some time become one of the growth to the search of his person in the literary work. And, in its very specific form. Help, and probably innate sense of humor. Name Lazareva suddenly appear on the pages ... «Literaturnaya newspaper». And in 1986 he was awarded an honorary prize from the newspaper along Жванецким, Reznikova and Peskova artist. But that's not all ... Prestigious taste in photography, and literary works has given rise to something quite unexpected too - fototeatr with picture, dialogue, actors, photographers create new associations. Pictures - is a document, it can be an artistic invention, and the actor is in real-time coordinates. So born Fototeatr, ideas which were embodied in the variety option. Successful performances on the stages of the capitals of Soviet republics as the «actor conversational genre», together with a co-author L. Reznikova.

... And yet, all the same! The main picture remains, and only the picture. Everything else is either fun or temporary infatuation, to one degree or another, only helps fototvorchestvu. The shooting and the computer, the computer and capture ... Day after day, with the desire and love - forever.

Chudakov Gregory, a former chief editor of the magazine «Sovetskoe photos»

Born July 14, 1937 in Moscow. Fotolyubitelstvoval from school. With the arrival in 1957, the Festival of Youth and Students became persistent thirst for fotoletopisi. Second Prize at the photo festival. This success has made a fundamental change - raise awareness of photography as a profession. The Committee of Youth Organizations took his wing young chicks with cameras. Almost systematically began to open photo exhibition titled «Our youth».

I was invited to the magazine «The Soviet woman» working photojournalists. A familiarity with Chirico Vladimirovich Orlov - mostly designer magazine, which has slightly secrets of the profession and to influence the scale of values in my head. Start of the race, travel and inexpressible sense of responsibility. Shootings across the Union, shooting in the Kremlin. The result of this strain were premium magazine for the years 1960-1962. In 1962, according to foreign press, is one of the best photographers of the world.

Since 1964, photographer magazine «Krugozor». I work with outstanding writing journalists. The basis for several projects. At the All-Union Exhibition of artistic photos awarded in 1961 for work «Sister», in 1962 for a photo «In the Carpathians», and the same has been used LP Dyko in a book on fotokompozitsii. Lydia P. Dyko have put my photos in their books. L. Volkov-Lanit also put my photo in his book «The Art of фотопортрета». For fruitful work in 1972, marked the direction of the magazine.

June 19, 1972 ending Institute journalistic skill. I get a premium international photo magazine «New Era» in 1974. Prize in 1984 for the All-Union Exhibition «40 th anniversary of Victory». Finally, defending a diploma in the All-Union Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) kinooperatorsky faculty. Continuing to work in the journal «Krugozor», I was in search of new forms of creativity and, as a result, become the winner of «Literaturnaya newspaper» 1986.

In 1989, creating a pop number in a colloquial genre, using photographs, and the order of the Ministry of Culture of Russia, I assigned the title of «Artist conversational genre» rate from 9 rubles 50 kopecks per output.

tour of the capitals of the Federal Republic. Finalized the idea Fototeatra. Become a free artist and get confirmation that the title «Kodak master». Focused on major projects, one of whom has just published a book (official publication of the Moscow government) called «Moscow - Multinational». Today, as well as 50 years ago, have spiritual growth, holds camera and Looking at the world around us.

Leonid Lazarev your

The exhibition is open to visitors from 17 December 2008 to January 17, 2009.

Gallery «FotoSoyuz»: Pokrovka, 5 (m «Clean Ponds» or «China city»). Hours: Monday - Friday - from 16.00 to 20.00, Saturday - from 13.00 to 17.00, weekends: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday.

Source: mkrf.ru , fotonovosti.ru