Bidspirit auction | Shterenberg Abram Petrovich

Shterenberg Abram Petrovich - Sergei Eisenstein.. Technique: Photograph. Author's vintage photo print. Size: 37х28. The stamp of the publishing house ”Art”is on the back. Shterenberg Abram Petrovich (1894 - 1979) Soviet photojournalist, one of the pioneers of Soviet photography. Member of the Russian Photographic Society, participant of the ”October” group, awarded prizes at a number of international exhibitions. In 1924, he took posthumous photographs of V.I. Lenin. In 1931, he took part in the polar expedition on the icebreaker ”Malygin”. Worked in the photo service of the People's Commissariat of Railways, ”Russfoto”, ”Soyuzfoto”, in the ”Fotohudozhnik” studio at the State Film Publishing House. Photographed parades and demonstrations on Red Square. During the war, he photographed military operations. Since 1960, he worked at the ”Novosti” Press Agency. Honored Worker of Culture of the RSFSR.