Unique exhibition of early color photographs on glass plates (avtohromov) 1909-1914 of the photographer Peter Vedenisova held in Tallinn Russian Cultural Center with the support of MDF

Russian Cultural Centre , Tallinn, Estonia
October 31, 2013 - January 15, 2014
Estonia, Tallinn, Boulevard Measure , 5

In Tallinn Russian Cultural Center exhibition " Peter Vedenisov . Avtohromy . 1909-1914 ", organized by the Moscow House of Photography .

Age of Modernism - an epoch not only visible beauty, but also technical innovations. Color photo ( Autochrome ) at the time was considered a novelty and fashionable way of transformation of everyday life. Avtohromy Peter Vedenisova remind the viewer of a bygone era , which we so rarely present in color. The exhibition presents more than 50 works .

PETER Vedenisov Tanya , Natasha , Nick and Lisa Kazakov , Vera and Helena Vedenisova Frantsevna Bazileva . Yalta , 1910 Digital Printing . Original: Autochrom Museum "Moscow House of Photography » Source : mamm- mdf.ru ​​

PETER Vedenisov Flowers in a vase. 1910 Digital Printing . Original: Autochrom Museum "Moscow House of Photography » Source : mamm- mdf.ru ​​

Vedenisov Peter Ivanovich ( 1866-1937 ) - a wealthy nobleman , at the end of the Moscow Conservatory in 1888 came to Yalta and dwelt in his own house walking down the Autskaya (now Kirov ) street. Friendly, very energetic , outgoing, nutty , he immediately became one of the most interesting people in the city , met with Anton Chekhov , Maxim Gorky , Alexander Glazunov , Feodor Chaliapin , Cesar Cui, Alexander SPENDIARYAN .

In Crimea Vedenisov holds musical evenings engaged in regional studies, and lectures on the history of Crimea , seriously interested in meteorology , but his greatest passion becomes picture, namely one of the processes of color photography - Autochrome . It relieves your family members , friends, musicians , daily life and travel, feast, pets , interiors and landscapes - Yalta and Simbirsk province , where his relatives Kazakov .

PETER Vedenisov Kolya and Tanya Kazakov Yalta , 1910 Digital Printing . Original: Autochrom Museum "Moscow House of Photography » Source : mamm- mdf.ru ​​

PETER Vedenisov Vera Vedenisova and Nick Kozak. Yalta , 1910 Digital Printing . Original: Autochrom Museum "Moscow House of Photography » Source : mamm- mdf.ru ​​

Most of it is stored in avtohromov Alupkinskoe museum-reserve ; collection Moscow House of Photography were about 150 colored glass plates. It should be noted that each such image there is only one - is on the slide glass, the printing paper without print. Autochrom not a snapshot , since the opacity starch grid required very long exposure and models were forced to freeze for a long time. Autochrome image - fully staged photography , with a carefully constructed composition and selected color combinations .

PETER Vedenisov Andrey Kazakov . Yalta , 1911-1912 Digital Printing . Original: Autochrom Museum "Moscow House of Photography » Source : mamm- mdf.ru ​​

PETER Vedenisov Vera Kozakov in folk costume . 1914 Digital Printing . Original: Autochrom Museum "Moscow House of Photography » Source : mamm- mdf.ru ​​

Avtohromy PI Vedenisova combined characters - members of one large families - and filmed for a very short period of time - from about 1909 to 1914 . Among the images - Vedenisova wife , Vera , her mother, Elena Frantsevna Bazileva , large family Kazakov : Andrey, Sofia Nikolaevna and their five children : Faith, Natasha , Nick, Lisa and Tanya. Vedenisovy Kazakov and organize picnics , road and horseback riding , masquerades and holidays. In all these things to do was present not only fun , but also a strong educational, educational element: fancy outfits - this national costumes of the peoples living in the Russian empire , among the decorations on the Christmas tree - the national flags of different countries , and the children of this large family from infancy obtained playfully information about the history and geography of Russia and the world. This is probably the last happy moments in the life of the family , " was not yet at war with Germany ," all the upheavals of the twentieth century - war, revolution - were ahead .

Source : mamm-mdf.ru ​​