Pjatakov, USSR in construction
Pjatakov, USSR in construction
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Pjatakov, G(eorgi Leonidowitsch, Editor in Chief). USSR in construction. – URSS en construction. Illustrated monthly magazine. – Revue mensuelle illustrée. – Year 1930 – 1937. – Année 1930 – 1937. 84 issues in 7 volumes and 12 issues unbound (1935). Moscow, State Publishing House of the RSFSR 1930-1937. Folio (43 x 30 cm.). With numerous illustrations and fold-out plates Contemporary linen bindings with gold-embossed spine titles (illustrated covers bound in, cover designs and layout by El Lissitzky, Aleksandr Rodchenko and others). Hellyer 860. Karasik/Heiting 17 ff. Rowell/Wye 242 f. – The first eight volumes of the most important Soviet propaganda magazine. The volumes from 1930 to 1934 are in English and those from 1935 to 1937 are in French; the 1935 volume is available in individual issues. The magazine was published monthly from 1930 to 1949 in five languages (Russian, English, French, Spanish and German). Each issue was dedicated to a different subject, such as food and industrial production, the republic of Georgia, Soviet cinema and elections. – „In the early 1930s photo-reportage became the foundation of the magazine USSR in Construction that „was created as a publication for the popularization of large-scale construction projects by photographic means. But as the magazine grew and developed, the task of ‘popularization’ evolved into that of presenting Socialist reality with dramatic artistry.“ (L. Mezhericher, „Na putiakh k sotsialisticheskomu stiliu fotografii” [“On the way to a Socialist style of photography“], No. 2, p. 14). Well known Soviet designers and photographers worked on USSR in Construction. The industrial spirit of the magazine, expressed in compositionally sharp subjects, panoramas and dynamic shots evokes admiration even today and conveys the atmosphere of enthusiasm that carried along not just the photographers, but also the builders themselves. The creative scale of the construction engendered the photographic epic, a style of monumental artistic photography. The founders of this most successful and high-quality periodical were Gorky and Koltsov“ (Mikhail Karasik). – Binding slightly rubbed, otherwise in very good condition except for slight signs of wear and age.
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