Leonid Pesin, May 15th, 1987
Photography as artistic activity was far from safe in the USSR.
Vladimir Starko, Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, 1980s
A person with a camera could be detained and accused of spying.
Boris Mikhailov, Overlays, 1968—1981
Oleg Malevany, The Blue Bird of 2000, 1971
Boris Mikhailov, Overlays, 1968—1981
Boris Mikhailov was kidnapped in the street by the KGB for interrogation.
Boris Mikhailov, Red Series, 1965—1978
Later Mikhailov was fired from his job when a search found photos of his nude wife in his darkroom.
Alexandr Suprun, Autumn Gifts, 1975
Evgeniy Pavlov, The Violin, 1972
Roman Pyatkovka, Internal Anxiety, 1990
Leonid Pesin, 1984, 1984
The next day KGB agents searched his darkroom to get the film.
Leonid Pesin, 1984, 1984
Boris Mikhailov, Overlays, 1968—1981
Oleg Malevany, Cloud, 1978
Juri Rupin, Night, 1974
Boris Mikhailov, I am not I, 1992
Boris Mikhailov, I am not I, 1992
Boris Mikhailov, I am not I, 1992