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COURTESY OF THE DALBEY PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER
Semyon Fridlyand is a famous Soviet photographer. His collection includes both official pictures documenting occasions and events, as well as true works of art by this talented master behind the lens. / In the field
COURTESY OF THE DALBEY PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER
20 thousand photographs by Semyon Fridlyand, a Soviet photographer and master of color photography, have appeared in an archive at the University of Denver. / Artist in the workshop
COURTESY OF THE DALBEY PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER
RBTH chose Fridlyand’s photos depicting Soviet people at work: there are portraits of construction workers, field laborers and people painting and singing in the studio. / In the art workshop
COURTESY OF THE DALBEY PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER
This fantastic collection of color photographs of the Soviet Union in the period 1950-1958 is comparable in quality to modern digital photography. / Michurinsk (city in Russia, 404 km from Moscow). Students during practical classes in the garden
COURTESY OF THE DALBEY PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER
Fridlyand’s photos glorified Soviet life. They recount the stories of Soviet workers, the lives of collective farmers, record harvests, youth pioneers, and Soviet art. The aim was to show the whole country at work, with every labor bringing joy and happiness to Soviet society. / Village on the Volga river. Veal feeding rack in at Karavaevo state farm
COURTESY OF THE DALBEY PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER
In 1931, Semyon Fridlyand headed the Russian Association of Proletarian Photographers, which affirmed the importance of displaying reality in photographs. / State farm (sovkhoz) director in Tajikistan (now a sovereign country in Central Asia, the former Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic) during cotton harvest
COURTESY OF THE DALBEY PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER
Semyon Fridlyand worked for many Soviet publications, including SSSR na stroike (USSR Under Construction) magazine and the newspaper Pravda. At the end of the 1930s, he led the Association of Moscow Photo Journalists. / Work on a building site
COURTESY OF THE DALBEY PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER
The collection of his photos forms a genuine photographic encyclopedia of Soviet life. / Radish harvesting at a state farm on the Kuril island of Iturup
COURTESY OF THE DALBEY PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER
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COURTESY OF THE DALBEY PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (city in eastern Russia). Incubator
COURTESY OF THE DALBEY PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER
Working in a field
COURTESY OF THE DALBEY PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER
The traditions of Uzbek carpet weaving are revealed in special schools in Tashkent (now the capital of Uzbekistan, the former Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic).
