Räshid Nasretdin (
Tatar: Рәшит Насретдин, ''Räşit/Rəşit Nasretdin''; 14 July 1920 – 28 August 2010) was a Finnish photographer of
Tatar descent, who operated his own shop in
Helsinki for decades with his wife. Among the people he captured include notable politicians and artists. Nasretdin moved to Finland from Russia as a child.
Biography
Räshid Nasretdin was born as the son of Fähretdin Nasretdinoff in a
Nizhny Novgorod Governorate village named
Aktuk
Aktuk (Russian language, Russian: Актуково, aka Yañapar) is a Mishar Tatars, Mishar Tatar village in Krasnooktyabrsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Krasnooktyabrsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. Most ancestors of Finnish Tatars wer ...
. He came to Finland when he was two and at first lived in
Lappeenranta and after that in
Helsinki. He studied to become a housebuilder but through his classmate he eventually became interested in photography.
In 1945, Nasretdin married. With his wife Habibä he operated a photography shop in Helsinki for over forty years. Their other son, Samil, has continued with the shop since, located in
Fredrikinkatu.
Nasretdin's work was vesatile. He photographed sports events, daily life and notable figures, both Finnish and foreign. Local people who Nasretdin photographed include for example presidents
Ståhlberg and
Kekkonen, architect
Alvar Aalto
Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto (; 3 February 1898 – 11 May 1976) was a Finnish architect and designer. His work includes architecture, furniture, textiles and glassware, as well as sculptures and paintings. He never regarded himself as an artist, see ...
, sculptor
Wäinö Aaltonen
Wäinö Valdemar Aaltonen (8 March 1894 – 30 May 1966) was a Finnish artist and sculptor. The Chambers Biographical Dictionary describes him as "one of the leading Finnish sculptors".
He was born to a tailor in the village of Karinainen, Finla ...
, actor
Tauno Palo. Wide variety of international guests include
Prince Tsuneyoshi,
Princess Sibylla, politician
Nikolai Bulganin, actor
Gregory Peck
Eldred Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an American actor and one of the most popular film stars from the 1940s to the 1970s. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Peck the 12th-greatest male star of Classic Hollywood ...
and Kazan Tatar composer
Röstäm Yäxin.
Nasretdin was an active member in different photography clubs and unions. He was awarded an artists pension in 1987 and also other accolades. During his later years, after retiring from his profession, Nasretdin spent his days boating and fishing at his house in Dalsbruk. Nasretdin treated his sick wife for her final years. Nasretdin himself passed away at the age of 90 in
Myllypuro
Myllypuro ( Finnish), Kvarnbäcken ( Swedish) is an East Helsinki's neighborhood of Helsinki, Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land ...
, Helsinki.
External links
Räshid Nasretdin - Photographs
References
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20th-century Finnish photographers
Finnish Tatars
1920 births
2010 deaths