Boris Pavlovich Kudojarow
Boris Pawlowitsch Kudojarow ( Russian Борис Павлович Кудояров ; * 1898 in Tashkent , † 1974 in Moscow ) was a Soviet photographer and journalist who was best known as a war correspondent for the Siege of Leningrad 1941-1944.
Kudojarov served in the Red Army from 1917 to 1920 and then worked as an amateur photographer. In 1926 he became a reporter and photographer for Russfoto , later Unionfoto , and from 1931 foreign correspondent for Soyuzfoto magazine . From 1930 to 1932 he was also a member of the avant-garde artist group Oktober . His main influences included pictures by the photographers Boris Ignatowitsch (1899–1976) and Alexander Rodtschenko (1891–1956). After the Second World War, Kudayarov worked for the Russian news agency ITAR-TASS .
literature
- Karl Ruhrberg, Schneckenburger, Fricke, Honnef: 20th century art. Benedikt Taschen Verlag, Cologne 2000, ISBN 3-8228-6029-8 , page 755.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kudojarow, Boris Pavlovich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Борис Павлович Кудояров |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian photographer and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tashkent |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1974 |
| Place of death | Moscow |