The Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography is a private exhibition organization located in the former chocolate factory and acting art cluster Red October in Moscow. Since its foundation in 2010, the center aims to explore and promote Russian and foreign photography, support emerging Russian artists and explore beyond the medium. A private collection of Natalia and Eduard Litvinsky laid the foundation for the center's collection. Works from the Center's collection were shown at the Fotofest 2012 Biennal, triennial Bergen Assembly in 2013,

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Exhibition programme

For the past 19 years the gallery has amassed a vast collection of prints featuring chef d’oeuvres by renowned Soviet and the World famous artists:

Alexander Rodchenko Aleksander Mikhailovich Rodchenko (russian: link=no, Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Ро́дченко; – 3 December 1956) was a Russian and Soviet artist, sculptor, photographer, and graphic designer. He was one of the founders ...

Antanas Sutkus Antanas Sutkus (born 27 June 1939) is a Lithuanian photographer. Sutkus is a recipient of the Lithuanian National Prize for Culture and Arts, the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas, and the Dr. Erich Salomon Award. He was one of the c ...

, Yakov Khalip, Vladimir Lagrange, Arnold Newman,

Wynn Bullock Wynn Bullock (April 18, 1902 – November 16, 1975) was an American photographer whose work is included in over 90 major museum collections around the world. He received substantial critical acclaim during his lifetime, published numerous books an ...

Ruth Orkin Ruth (or its variants) may refer to: Places France * Château de Ruthie, castle in the commune of Aussurucq in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of France Switzerland * Ruth, a hamlet in Cologny United States * Ruth, Alabama * Ruth, Ar ...

Elliott Erwitt Elliott Erwitt (born Elio Romano Erwitt, July 26, 1928) is a French-born American advertising and documentary photographer known for his black and white candid photos of ironic and absurd situations within everyday settings. He has been a member ...

, Steve Schapiro,

Guy Bourdin Guy Bourdin (2 December 1928 – 29 March 1991), was a French artist and fashion photographer known for his provocative images. From 1955, Bourdin worked mostly with ''Vogue'' as well as other publications including '' Harper's Bazaar''. He shot ...

Vivian Maier Vivian Dorothy Maier (February 1, 1926 – April 21, 2009) was an American street photographer whose work was discovered and recognized after her death. She worked for about 40 years as a nanny, mostly in Chicago's North Shore, while pursuing ...

, Sabine Weiss,

Harry Benson Harry James Benson CBE (born 2 December 1929) is a Scottish photographer. His photographs of celebrities have been published in magazines. He has published several books and won a number of prominent awards. Life and work Benson was born in ...

, Sheila Metzner,

Miles Aldridge Miles Aldridge (born 29 September 1964) is a British fashion photographer and artist. Early life Born in North London to graphic designer Alan Aldridge, Miles grew up accustomed to celebrity – John Lennon was a family friend, as well as Eri ...

. Exhibition programme is based on research activities focused on studying and interpretation of the Russian photography of the 20th century. Group exhibitions tracing the history of Russian photography from the perspective of genres (''100 Years of Russian and Soviet History in Faces,'' ''PROzavod,'' ''The Moscow Stories. Twentieth century'' (1 and 2)) and cultural aspects (''Soviet Photo,'' ''The Icons of the 1960s -1980s,'' ''The Icons of the 1990s,'' ''Time of the Little Bells'') aim to put Russian photography in the context of world art history. Douglas Kirkland

Selected exhibitions

* The Soviet photography 60-70: Yuri Abramochkin, Lev Borodulin, Igor Gnevashev, Naum Granovsky, Yakov Khalip, Vladimir Lagrange * The Phenomenon of the Lithuanian photography school:

, Vitalijus Butyrinas, Aleksandras Macijauskas *

Josef Koudelka Josef Koudelka (born 10 January 1938) is a Czech-French photographer. He is a member of Magnum Photos and has won awards such as the Prix Nadar (1978), a Grand Prix National de la Photographie (1989), a Grand Prix Henri Cartier-Bresson (1991), ...

. Invasion 68: Prague *

. Retrospective * Steve Schapiro. Living America *

. Riddle * Arno Rafael Minkkinen. Retrospective * Arnold Newman. Portraits and Abstractions * Sabine Weiss. Hommage à Sabine *

. Elliott Erwitt's Kolor at Red October * Robert Whitman. Mikhail Baryshnikov *

Giovanni Gastel Giovanni Gastel (27 December 1955 – 13 March 2021) was an Italian photographer. Biography Giovanni Gastel began to approach photography in the early 1970s. In 1981, he started working for numerous fashion magazines, including ''Vogue'', '' ...

. Canons of Beauty * Ezra Stoller. Pioneers of American Modernism * Sheila Metzner. The Magic Of Metzner *

. The Beatles and more *

. Taste of colour *

. From the Still Art Foundation Collection *

. Follow me

Collection

The collection was established 19 years ago and now contains more than 13000 prints by Russian and foreign artists. The collection includes works by the outstanding Russian photographers of the late 19-early 20th century:

Karl Bulla Carl Oswald Bulla or Karl Karlovich Bulla (russian: Карл Карлович Булла; 26 February 1855
in Encycl ...

, Alexander Greenberg, and Yuri Eremin. Among the collection's major works are photographs by Soviet Avant-garde artists:

Boris Ignatovich Boris Vsevolodovich Ignatovich (russian: Борис Всеволодович Игнатович; Slutsk, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire - 4 April 1976, Moscow, USSR) was a Soviet photographer, photojournalist, and cinematographer. He was a pio ...

, Eleazar Langman, Mikhail Prekhner, Arkady Shaikhet, Georgi Petrusov, Yakov Khalip.

Publishing programme

Publications result from research activities and accompany the major projects of the center. *''Photo 60–70.'' Moscow: The Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography. 2008. . *''Moscow of Naum Granovsky.'' Moscow: The Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography. 2009. . *''Icons of the 1960s-1980s.'' Moscow: The Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography. 2010. . *''Icons of the 1990s.'' Moscow: The Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography. 2011. . *''Soviet era by Markov-Grinberg.'' Moscow: The Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography / Damiani. 2012. . *''Time of the Little Bells.'' Moscow: The Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography. 2013. . *''The Moscow Stories. Twentieth century.'' Moscow: The Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography. 2013. . *''PROzavod. Industrial photography. The twentieth century.'' Moscow: The Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography. 2014. . *''The Conquest.'' Yakov Khalip, Heir to the Russian Avant-Garde. Moscow: The Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography. 2016. .

Educational programme

Its educational program aims to contribute to a greater public understanding and appreciation of photography and creating opportunities for communication and collaboration between photographers, curators, amateurs and those interested in photography. The program includes guided tours, workshops, screenings, artist talks, forums. Arno Rafael Minkkinen, Steve Schapiro, Sheila Metzner,

, Laurent Chehere, and other prominent artists held their workshops in the center.

Photobookfest

Photobookfest is a large-scaled international event, dedicated to the photobook industry and photographic art in Russia. The festival`s programme consist of exhibition and education blocks, as well as a Photobook dummy contest. Photobookfest hosted sessions of portfolio-review for photographers with the participation of leading international experts.

Library and café

The center includes a café and library dedicated to photography. The library houses a large collection of books by Russian and foreign publishing houses. It encompasses books on the history and theory of photography, photography techniques, back issues of magazines ''Soviet photo,'' and '' Ogonyek.''

Bookshop PhotoBookPoster

Bookshop PhotoBookPoster has a wide range of photography books from Russian and international publishers.

References

External links

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Photobookfest

Media about the Center

«The Iconic Photography of Guy Bourdin Now in a Moscow Survey»
— Widewalls, 2020.
«The Lumiere Brothers – Photo Exhibitions»
— The Moscow Times, 2019.
«Memorable monuments to American modernism – in pictures»
— The Guardian, 2018.

— Bird in Flight, 2018.
«The Rich History of Soviet Photography, Told in 18 Images»
— Wired, 2015.
«Seven decades of Soviet photography – in pictures»
— The Guardian, 2015.
«Photography, propaganda, and the search for truth How Soviet photography changed over the course of 50 years»
— Meduza, 2015. {{DEFAULTSORT:Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography Museums in Moscow Photography museums and galleries in Russia