Yuri Vasilyevich Abramochkin (Russian: Юрий Васильевич Абрамочкин; 11 December 1936 – 5 April 2018[1]) was a Soviet and Russian photographer and photojournalist.[2]
Yuri Abramochkin | |
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| Born | 11 December 1936 |
| Died | 5 April 2018 (aged 81) Moscow, Russia |
| Nationality | USSR, Russia |
| Known for | Photography |
| Movement | Soviet art, photojournalism |
Abramochkin started to work as a photojournalist at 21, in the office of "Mosstroy" (Main department of building and planning in Moscow) with the primary job of photographing plans. He got a chance to try himself in photography in 1957 when he was offered the position of official photographer of the World Festival of Youth and Students in Moscow. He also took photos of Komsomolskiy Prospekt for "Mosstroy" and those photos were published by Soviet Weekly, the Soviet newspaper for capitalist countries. Abramochkin worked for Soviet Weekly for forty years. In 1961 he started to work as a photographer of the news agency Novosti.[3][4] Yuri Abramochkin is one of 15 Russian photojournalists included in the encyclopedia Contemporary Photographers, published by St. James Press in 1995.
Abramochkin worked with Soviet and world leaders, politicians and celebrities, making among others the photos of Nikita Khrushchev, Leonid Brezhnev, Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin, Charles de Gaulle, Willy Brandt, François Mitterrand, Richard Nixon, Urho Kekkonen, Jacques Chirac, Bill Clinton, Yuri Gagarin, Ronald Reagan, Valentina Tereshkova and Elizabeth II.[5][6]
Gallery
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Exhibitions
editSolo exhibitions
edit- 1970 — Photographs from the U.S.S.R., City Museum, Sopron, Hungary[7]
- 1972 — Yugoslavia
- 1974 — U.S.S.R.: Country and People, Photo Artists' Salon, Belgrade[7]
- 1976 — From the Photographer's Album, House of Culture, Prague[7]
- 1976 — Photographs from the U.S.S.R., Exhibition Pavilion, West Berlin[7]
- 1978 — Photographs from the U.S.S.R., Soviet Cultural Centre, Damascus[7]
- 1978 — Sowjetunion: Land und Leute im Foto, Majakowski Galerie, West Berlin[7]
- 1979 — From the Photographer's Album, Photo and Cine Club, Belgrade[7]
- 1981 — India
- 1981 — Romania
- 1984 — Bulgaria
- 1988 — Yugoslavia
- 2001 — Moscow
- 2002 — France[8]
- 2009 — Yuri Abramochkin — Photoessay. Brothers Lumière Gallery. Moscow[9]
Group exhibitions
edit- 1961: National Photo Exhibition, Manege Exhibition Hall, Moscow
- 1962: International Photo-Agency Exhibition, Prague
- 1964: WorldPress Photo, Amsterdam (and 1965–69, 1975–76, 1978)
- 1966: Interpress Photo '66, Manege Exhibition Hall, Moscow
- 1975: Fotosuit de Sovjet Unie, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
- 1976: Photographs from the U.S.S.R., Trade Fair Hall, West Berlin
- 1979: Interpress Photo '79, Havana
- 1980: Sportas Ambassador of Peace, Manege Exhibition Hall, Moscow
Books
edit- Yuriy Abramochkin, Russia as I see her: Photoalbum 1960–2013. Moscow: Scanrus, 2013. ISBN 9785435000436. Text in English. (Here at Issuu.com.)
Awards
edit- Golden Eye Award. World Press Photo. 1987. For the picture of Mathias Rust[10]
- Honored Cultural Worker of the RSFSR
References
edit- ^ "Человек с фотоаппаратом: умер Юрий Абрамочкин". Mir24 (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-04-05.
- ^ Ярчайшие фотографии советской эпохи в работах гениальных фотомастеров
- ^ "Russian Personalities". Retrieved 27 May 2015.
- ^ "TopFoto Gallery - RIA Novosti 1961-1990". Archived from the original on April 13, 2015. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
- ^ "Nikon Россия". nikon.ru. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
- ^ "Редкие фото, сделанные легендой советской фотожурналистики (Фото)". Телеграф. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Yuri V(asilyevich) Abramochkin", Contemporary Photographers. New York: St James Press, 1995. ISBN 1558621903; ISBN 1558621830.
- ^ "Центр фотографии им. братьев Люмьер — Фотографы". lumiere.ru. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
- ^ Юрий Абрамочкин. Фотоочерк, Photographer.ru. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
- ^ "Рейс Хельсинки — Кремль: что помешало встрече Матиаса Руста с ракетой ПВО". RIA Novosti (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-09-04.
External links
edit- Yuriy Abramochkin, as retrieved by the Wayback Machine on 2 May 2014
- Interview with Yuriy Abramochkin in Sakharov Center