Gueorgui Pinkhassov
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Gueorgui Pinkhassov is a photographer, born in Moscow
in 1952. He began his interest in photography in his teens, and enrolled at the Moscow Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) in 1969.
Following college and two years in the army, he joined the film crew at Mosfilm
. Continuing his interest in still photography he became a set photographer at the studio. His work was noticed by the film director Andrei Tarkovsky
, who invited Pinkhassov to work on the set of his film Stalker
.
Being awarded independent artist status by the Moscow Union of Graphic Arts in 1978 allowed Pinkhassov far more freedom to travel, allowing him to exhibit his work internationally. In 1979 his work was noticed outside of Russia for the first time, in a group exhibition of Soviet photographers held in Paris. Previously, his work had mainly been seen in a number of Russian magazines, including L'artiste Sovetique.
His acceptance by the Magnum Photos
agency in 1988 opened up his work to a wider audience. He worked for the international media covering major events in Lithuania, Mongolia, Indonesia and Africa. Returning to Moscow to cover the 1991 Coup, for the New York Times.
Pinkhassov is now a French citizen, living in Paris
.
In 1995, he received a photographic scholarship from the city, and in 1998, he published the book Sightwalk, photographs of Japan.
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
in 1952. He began his interest in photography in his teens, and enrolled at the Moscow Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) in 1969.
Following college and two years in the army, he joined the film crew at Mosfilm
Mosfilm
Mosfilm is a film studio, which is often described as the largest and oldest in Russia and in Europe. Its output includes most of the more widely-acclaimed Soviet films, ranging from works by Tarkovsky and Eisenstein , to Red Westerns, to the Akira Kurosawa co-production and the epic Война и Мир...
. Continuing his interest in still photography he became a set photographer at the studio. His work was noticed by the film director Andrei Tarkovsky
Andrei Tarkovsky
Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky was a Soviet and Russian filmmaker, writer, film editor, film theorist, theatre and opera director, widely regarded as one of the finest filmmakers of the 20th century....
, who invited Pinkhassov to work on the set of his film Stalker
Stalker (film)
Stalker is a 1979 science fiction film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, with a screenplay written by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky, loosely based on their novel Roadside Picnic...
.
Being awarded independent artist status by the Moscow Union of Graphic Arts in 1978 allowed Pinkhassov far more freedom to travel, allowing him to exhibit his work internationally. In 1979 his work was noticed outside of Russia for the first time, in a group exhibition of Soviet photographers held in Paris. Previously, his work had mainly been seen in a number of Russian magazines, including L'artiste Sovetique.
His acceptance by the Magnum Photos
Magnum Photos
Magnum Photos is an international photographic cooperative owned by its photographer-members, with offices located in New York, Paris, London and Tokyo...
agency in 1988 opened up his work to a wider audience. He worked for the international media covering major events in Lithuania, Mongolia, Indonesia and Africa. Returning to Moscow to cover the 1991 Coup, for the New York Times.
Pinkhassov is now a French citizen, living in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
.
In 1995, he received a photographic scholarship from the city, and in 1998, he published the book Sightwalk, photographs of Japan.
Books by Pinkhassov
- 1998 Sightwalk, Phaidon Press, UK http://www.magnumphotos.com/Archive/c.aspx?VP=XSpecific_MAG.BookDetail_VPage&pid=2K7O3R15IUKQ ISBN 9780714838090
- 2000(?) Une promenade à la Défense
- 2003 Carnet D’Opera. Regards en coulisses, Editeur Xavier Barral. ISBN 2915173028
- 2006 Nordmeer, Mare, Germany http://www.magnumphotos.com/Archive/c.aspx?VP=XSpecific_MAG.BookDetail_VPage&pid=2TYRYDMXOC32