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MARK MARKOV-GRINBERG
1907-2003
Mark B. Markov-Grinberg was born in Rostov-on-Don in 1907 where he began his creative career. In 1925 he became the photo correspondent for the newspaper The Soviet South and a freelance correspondent for the magazine OGONEK. In 1926 he moved to study and work in Moscow, first working as a photo correspondent for union periodicals, and photographed for the magazine SMENA. By 1930 he was invited to join the staff of TASS and traveled widely around the country. He photographed the construction of industrial sites, new collective farms and famous personalities like Maxim Gorky and Vladimir Mayakovsky. He refined his skill in the 1930s in the agency of Soyuzfoto under the direction of experienced photo editors S. Evgenov and I. Mezhericher.
In 1938 he transferred to work in the photography section of TASS. In the period of war with Finland (1939-1940) he was war correspondent for this agency with the troops on the Karelian front. In September 1941 he was drafted to fight in the Second World War and while fighting at the front he continued to photograph, capturing moments of battle and moments of rest. In July 1943 he was transferred to become the army correspondent for the military publication THE FIGHTER'S WORLD. One of his most famous photographs is of troops huddled in a trench at the tank battle at Kursk in 1943. Also, he created an arresting and disturbing series of photographs of the concentration camp, Stutthof; scholars consider it his most influential contribution to Holocaust photography. After his demobilization in 1953 he worked for numerous photo agencies and photo magazines. Outside of the Soviet Union his work was exhibited in Australia, France, Great Britain, Denmark, Poland, Hungary and many others. Markov-Grinberg retired in 1971.
Photography Folders. Email Correspondence with David Shneer, Director of the Center for Judaic Studies and Associate Professor of History at the University of Denver on 4/3/07.
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