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TopFoto’s gallery launches exhibit chronicling Russia and the Soviet Union from 1917-2010
The new TopFoto Gallery in Edenbridge was proud to launch the “Soviet Times: Russian Times, 1917-2010” exhibit, which will run from February 4 through March 31, 2010. The exhibit features work from Soviet-era and modern Russian photographers and captures the tragic and important history of the USSR and Russia from the Revolution days of 1917 through current times. The show includes the work of renowned Russian photographers, including World Press Award winners Vladimir Vyatkin, whose image of soldiers in Chechnya won the Gold Medal in 2002.
Another contributor to the exhibit is Max Alpert, is one of the greatest photographers of the 20th Century. Alpert, a classic war photographer, risked his life to capture iconic photographs of World War II, including his famous image of Commander Alexei Yeremenko, urging on his men in 1942 shortly before his death. The exhibit tracks Russia from its Revolution through its low and high-points during the Second World War. It chronicles Russia’s industrial age during the 1930’s, the effects of the Cold War. Images depicting the collapse of the Soviet Union and the resulting monumental changes in Russian society and politics during the 1990’s and early 2000’s are also included.
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