Moscow House of Photography
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Moscow House of Photography is a Russia
n museum
, which maintains a large collection
of old and contemporary Russian photograph
ic masterpieces and also organizes festivals and large scale projects.
The museum collection compiles masterpieces of the Russian photo art
, including works by Alexander Grinberg, Max Penson
, Alexander Rodchenko
and Dmitri Baltermants
. The Moscow House of Photography also actively supports modern Russian photographers and artists.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n museum
Museum
A museum is an institution that cares for a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. Most large museums are located in major cities...
, which maintains a large collection
Collection (museum)
A museum is distinguished by a collection of often unique objects that forms the core of its activities for exhibitions, education, research, etc. This differentiates it from an archive or library, where the contents may be more paper-based, replaceable and less exhibition oriented...
of old and contemporary Russian photograph
Photograph
A photograph is an image created by light falling on a light-sensitive surface, usually photographic film or an electronic imager such as a CCD or a CMOS chip. Most photographs are created using a camera, which uses a lens to focus the scene's visible wavelengths of light into a reproduction of...
ic masterpieces and also organizes festivals and large scale projects.
The museum collection compiles masterpieces of the Russian photo art
Art
Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
, including works by Alexander Grinberg, Max Penson
Max Penson
Max Penson was a noted Jewish Belarusian photojournalist and photographer of the Soviet Union noted for his photographs of Uzbekistan. His photographs documented the economic transformation of Uzbekistan from a highly traditional feudal society into a modern Soviet republic between 1920 and 1940...
, Alexander Rodchenko
Alexander Rodchenko
Aleksander Mikhailovich Rodchenko was a Russian artist, sculptor, photographer and graphic designer. He was one of the founders of constructivism and Russian design; he was married to the artist Varvara Stepanova....
and Dmitri Baltermants
Dmitri Baltermants
Dmitri Baltermants was a prominent Soviet photojournalist.He was born in Warsaw, Poland. His father served in the Imperial Russian Army and was killed in the First World War....
. The Moscow House of Photography also actively supports modern Russian photographers and artists.