RIA Novosti presents a series of works by the celebrated Soviet photographer Anatoly Garanin (1912–1990), “Moscow’s People of the Arts,” dedicated to the social and theatrical life of Moscow from the 1930s to the 1980s.
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© RIA Novosti . Anatoly Garanin's archive
RIA Novosti presents a series of works by the celebrated Soviet photographer Anatoly Garanin (1912–1990), “Moscow’s People of the Arts,” dedicated to the social and theatrical life of Moscow from the 1930s to the 1980s.
Photo: A photo from Anatoly Garanin’s archive.
Photo: A photo from Anatoly Garanin’s archive.
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© RIA Novosti . Anatoly Garanin's archive
Anatoly Garanin dedicated 57 years of his life to photography: He worked as a photojournalist at Vechernyaya Moskva and Illyustrirovannaya Gazeta, and later, during World War II, at Frontovaya Illustratsia (Front Illustration). He also worked as a correspondent at SSSR Na Stroike (USSR on the Construction Site), and later became the chief photographer at Soviet Union magazine.
Photo: The entrance to the Chekhov Moscow Academic Art Theater. 1930s.
Photo: The entrance to the Chekhov Moscow Academic Art Theater. 1930s.
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© RIA Novosti . Anatoly Garanin's archive
Of special interest are his theater photos: scenes from plays, rehearsals, and famous actors and musicians in their everyday life.
Photo: Stage set artists at work. Right: Bolshoi Theater chief artist Fyodor Fedorovsky. 1951.
Photo: Stage set artists at work. Right: Bolshoi Theater chief artist Fyodor Fedorovsky. 1951.
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© RIA Novosti . Anatoly Garanin's archive
Garanin was friends with many prominent performers and artists. Photo: A photo from Anatoly Garanin’s archive.
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© RIA Novosti . Anatoly Garanin's archive
Soviet stage and screen actress Valentina Serova (1919–1975) with her husband, test pilot Anatoly Serov. 1938.
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© RIA Novosti . Anatoly Garanin's archive
A photo from Anatoly Garanin’s archive.
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© RIA Novosti . Anatoly Garanin's archive
American film actress Franciska Gaal (1904–1973) in Moscow. 1945.
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© RIA Novosti . Anatoly Garanin's archive
Women’s secrets. 1959.
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© RIA Novosti . Anatoly Garanin's archive
Franciska Gaal visits Soviet actors. Moscow. 1945.
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© RIA Novosti . Anatoly Garanin's archive
Poet and writer Nikolai Gribachyov (right). 1967.
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© RIA Novosti . Anatoly Garanin's archive
“Get the Author on the Stage!” Mayakovsky Theater. 1970s.
