Apart from coverage of official summit talks, the archive of the photographer shows some lively moments.
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Mikhail Savin
The Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography presents a photo exhibition of Mikhail Savin’s work "It will be a cold winter", built around the time and spirits of the “cold” early 1960s. The exhibition marks the centenary of the photographer’s birth. / Nikita Khrushchev (the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964), Marseille, 1960.
Mikhail Savin
The name of the project refers to John F. Kennedy’s phrase said after the meeting with the Soviet Premiere Nikita Khrushchev at the crucial Vienna summit held in June 1961. / Nikita Khrushchev meeting John F. Kennedy in Vienna, June 4, 1961.
Mikhail Savin
The two leaders failed to negotiate topical issues relating to the Berlin question and disarmament. Kennedy’s words “It will be a cold winter” were to come true just in two months: August 1961 would see the construction of the Berlin wall, symbol of the Cold War confrontation between the two superpowers. / Nikita Khrushchev giving presents in a municipality of Bordeaux, France, 1960.
Mikhail Savin
Mikhail Savin (1915 – 2006) was lucky to be on official delegations during 11-day visit to France in March 1960 and at the two-day Vienna summit in 1961. / Vienna, 1961.
Mikhail Savin
Apart from coverage of official summit talks, the archive of the photographer shows lively moments of an embarrassed Khrushchev greeting stunning Jacqueline Kennedy. / Nikita Khrushchev and Jacqueline Kennedy in Vienna, 1961.
Mikhail Savin
The exhibition also features news footage of European meetings, thematic press materials of the time, audio recording of Khrushchev memoirs, and Savin’s diary entries. / Nikita Khrushchev and Charles de Gaulle attending the Paris Opera.
Mikhail Savin
Despite the fact that private censorship of the time recommended to cover shortcomings of the capitalist system, Savin’s Vienna, Paris, Verdun, Arles, Bordeaux are clearly romantic and free in spirit. / Paris, 1960.
Mikhail Savin
The photographer captures the charm of Europe: street artists of Montmartre…
Mikhail Savin
... And news dealers with their lovely pets.
Mikhail Savin
Mikhail Savin was born in 1915 in the town of Sasovo, Ryazan Region. He worked as a draughtsman at a factory and later became a turner. During the service at the Red Army from 1937-1938 he entered a course of photojournalism at TASS News agency, where he was recruited as a photographer in 1939. / Vienna, 1960.
Mikhail Savin
Since 1941, he served as a war photojournalist at the Western front newspaper “Krasnoarmeiskaya Pravda”. He was lucky to go through the war without a single wound. After the end of the War, he was hired by Ogonyok magazine, where he worked for 50 years. / Verdun, France, 1960.
Mikhail Savin
The exhibition will be on display until January 24th, 2016. The Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography, Moscow, Bolotnaya naberezhnaya, 3, build. 1 / Nikita Khrushchev arriving in Paris, March, 1960.
