New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Nikita Izotov, Distinguished Miner of Donbass Coal Region, Ukraine

Artist Mark Markov-Grinberg (Russian, 1907-2003)

CultureRussian

Date1934

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 23 1/16 × 15 1/8 in. (58.6 × 38.4 cm)
Overall: 24 9/16 × 19 7/8 in. (62.4 × 50.5 cm)
Overall, Mat: 32 1/16 × 25 7/8 in. (81.4 × 65.7 cm)

Inscribedmmg-10 Signed, titled and dated (in Russian) in graphite on verso.

Credit LineGift of Gary Ginsberg and Susanna Aaron

Object number2005.35.3

Not on view

DescriptionThis is a ferrotyped gelatin silver print of a miner in the Ukraine. This photographs shows him up close and dirty. He wears a hat and is looking to the side.

Label TextMark Markov-Grinberg Russian (b. 1907) Nikita Izotov, Distinguished Miner of Donbass Coal Region, Ukraine, 1934 Gelatin-silver print, later print Gift of Gary Ginsberg and Susanna Aaron 2005.35.3 Markov-Grinberg worked as the photo correspondent for various newspapes and magazines and in 1930 was invited to work on the staff of the Tass press pool. Traveling widely around the country, he photographed the construction of industrial sites, new Kolkhozes (large- scale collective farms), and personalities like the writers Maxim Gorky and Vladimir Mayakovsky. This photograph comes from a series of important images that he made of miners in the Donbass Region of the Ukraine. During the war with Finland (1939-1940) he was a war correspondent with the troops on the Karelian front. In September of 1941 he was drafted to fight in the Second World War. He continued to photograph and in July of 1943 was transferred to become the army correspondent for the military publication Slovo Boitsa. After his demobilization in 1953 he worked for the numerous photo agencies and photo magazines. Edited By: CW Edited Date: 2007 Approved By: ERL Approval Date: 2007ProvenanceGary Ginsberg and Susanna Aaron, New York, NY [through photography collector Michael Mattis]; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, Gift of Gary Ginsberg and Susanna Aaron, 2005. Exhibition History"The World of Photography," Alice R. and Frank B. Sol Photography Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, June 20, 2007 - May 25, 2008