Our new project explores the history of photography magazine Sovetskoe Foto, 1926–1991

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  Sovetskoe Foto covers: October 1927 (left), January 1934 (middle), August–September 1991 (right). View and download full-size images on Flickr.

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  Montage of available Sovetskoe Foto covers published between 1926 and 1991. Visualization by Alise Tifentale, image editing by Lev Manovich. Scroll down to see a larger image in Figure 1. View and download full-size image on Flickr.

Published in Moscow, Russia, from 1926 to 1991, Sovetskoe Foto (Soviet Photography) was the only specialized photography magazine in the Soviet Union, aimed at a broad audience of professional photojournalists and amateur photographers. As such, it is unequaled in representing the official photographic culture of the USSR throughout the history of this country. We explore the digital archive of Sovetskoe Foto to find out what it can tell us about the history of this remarkable magazine and the twentieth-century photography in general.

Exploring photography magazine Sovetskoe Foto, 1926–1991

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  Sovetskoe Foto covers: October 1927 (left), January 1934 (middle), August–September 1991 (right). View and download full-size images on Flickr.

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  Montage of available Sovetskoe Foto covers published between 1926 and 1991. Visualization by Alise Tifentale, image editing by Lev Manovich. Scroll down to see a larger image in Figure 1. View and download full-size image on Flickr.

Published in Moscow, Russia, from 1926 to 1991, Sovetskoe Foto (Soviet Photography) was the only specialized photography magazine in the Soviet Union, aimed at a broad audience of professional photojournalists and amateur photographers. As such, it is unequaled in representing the official photographic culture of the USSR throughout the history of this country. We explore the digital archive of Sovetskoe Foto to find out what it can tell us about the history of this remarkable magazine and the twentieth-century photography in general.

Japanese Translation of “Instagram and Contemporary Image” by Lev Manovich

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Top: Cover of the Japanese translation of Instagram and Contemporary Image by Lev Manovich (2018). Bottom: Book pages showing selected Instagram images from a number of users from Asia and Eastern Europe.

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The Japanese translation of Instagram and Contemporary Image, a 2017 book by Lev Manovich.