Carl Oswald Bulla
Carl Oswald Bulla ( Russian Карл Карлович Булла ; born February 26, 1855 in Leobschütz , Leobschütz district , province of Silesia ; † November 28, 1929 in Dorf Iide on the island of Ösel ) was a German photographer .
Life
Carl Oswald Bulla is considered to be the founder of Russian photo reportage. Between 1890 and 1900 he opened a photo agency in St. Petersburg . After the First World War he settled in Estonia . His son Viktor Karlowitsch Bulla documented the political events in Russia after the October Revolution between 1917 and 1920 as a photographer .
estate
Parts of the photographic estate of Bulla and his son Viktor Karlowitsch Bulla are stored in the photo archive of the Moscow House of Photography .
literature
- Peter Herzog: Photographs of the Russian Revolution from the Ruth and Peter Herzog Collection. "October" - The new icons. In: Museum Jean Tinguely Basel (ed.): 0.10 - Iwan Puni and photographs of the Russian Revolution . Catalog on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name in Basel from April 12 to September 28, 2003. Bern: Benteli, 2003, pp. 75–100. ISBN 3-7165-1308-3
- Heiko Haumann , Andreas Guski: Revolution and Photography. Two photo albums from the People's Commissariat for Enlightenment and the Utopia of the Future Society. In: Museum Jean Tinguely Basel (ed.): 0.10 - Iwan Puni and photographs of the Russian Revolution . Catalog on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name in Basel from April 12 to September 28, 2003. Bern: Benteli, 2003, pp. 101–130. ISBN 3-7165-1308-3
Web links
Commons : Karl Bulla - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Brief introduction on the page vanaveeb.linnamuuseum.ee (Estonian)
- Карл Булла - отец русского фоторепортажа. Biography on the page http://www.newagent.spb.ru (Russian)
Individual evidence
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SURNAME | Bulla, Carl Oswald |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Булла, Карл Карлович (Russian spelling) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Photographer, founder of Russian photo reports |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 26, 1855 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Leobschütz , District of Leobschütz , Province of Silesia |
DATE OF DEATH | November 28, 1929 |
Place of death | Saaremaa |