Arkady Shaikhet

Arkady Shaikhet
Born
Avrom Shmulevitch[1]

(1898-09-12)12 September 1898
Nikolayev, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire
Died18 November 1959(1959-11-18) (aged 61)
Moscow, USSR
NationalityRussian
Known forphotography, photojournalism

Arkady Samoylovich Shaikhet (Russian: Аркадий Самойлович Шайхет; 12 September 1898 – 18 November 1959) was a prominent Soviet photojournalist and photographer.[2] In the history of Soviet photography, Shaikhet is known for a type of journalistic photography called "artistic reportage,"[3] and for photographs of industrialization in the 1920s and 1930s.

His first photographs were published in 1923 and in 1924 he joined the staff of the national magazine Ogonyok. His images were used for their covers from the magazine's first issue. Shaikhet was one of the founders (together with journalist Mikhail Koltsov) of Soviet Photo in 1926. Starting in 1930 he contributed to USSR in Construction, another Soviet journal.[4]

During the Second World War he created a series of images of the Battle of Stalingrad and later of liberation of Kiev, Ukraine.[5]

The Sovfoto agency, which from 1932 distributed Soviet photography in the West, holds examples of his photojournalism.

Biography

Born on August 28 (September 9), 1898 in Nikolaev (now Ukraine) into a poor Jewish family: his father sold draft beer, his mother ran a small sewing workshop.

Graduated from 4th grade of primary school. He was unable to enter the gymnasium due to the educational qualifications for his father that were formed in those years, so he began working as a mechanic’s assistant at the Nikolaev Shipyard.

During the Civil War he served in the Red Army in a brass band. During his service he suffered from severe typhus with heart complications.

Awards

Exhibitions

References

  1. ^ Schneer, David (1972). Through Soviet Jewish Eyes. Rutgers University Press. p. 29. ISBN 978-0-8135-4884-5.
  2. ^ Mrazkova, Daniela and Remes, Vladimir "Early Soviet Photographers." Museum of Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, 1982, ISBN 0-905836-27-8
  3. ^ Shudakov, Grigory. "Pioneers of Soviet Photography." Thames and Hudson, London, 1983, page 20, ISBN 0-500-54095-0
  4. ^ "Arkady Shaikhet" Art Rodnik, Moscow, 2000, ISBN 5-88896-049-7
  5. ^ Shneer, David. "Through Soviet Jewish eyes. Photography, War, and the Holocaust." Rutgers University Press, 2011, pages 112, 114, 149, ISBN 978-0-8135-4884-5
  6. ^ Шайхет Аркадий Самойлович, Орден Красного Знамени :: Документ о награде :: Память народа
  7. ^ Шайхет Арходий Самойлович, Орден Отечественной войны II степени :: Документ о награде :: Память народа
  8. ^ "Arkadiy Shaikhet: Continuation 1928-1931". Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow.
  9. ^ Толстова А. "Политически грамотный монтаж". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2012-05-07. // Коммерсантъ. — 2012. — 5 мая.
  10. ^ Аркадий Шайхет. 1945—1959. Эпизод 4-й. Мультимедиа Арт Музей, Москва
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