Shooting Soviets

[nickdando]

BBC Radio Four 20/11/08 11:30 - 12:00
Shooting Soviets: Cartier-Bresson in Moscow
Henri Crtier-Bresson was the first Western photographer granted access to the USSR in 1954. His goal was to photograph "human beings in the streets, in the shops, at work, and at play". Things as They Are - as the photos came to be titled, represented a glimpse of real life behind the Iron Curtain. A century after the birth of Cartier-Bresson, Mark Haworth-Booth tells the story of this extraordinary assignment.

This could be interesting and worth listening out for.

Nick

 

[xayraa33]

I wonder if he bought a Jupiter 3 in LTM while he was there?
if he did, I'll bet he got a good one.

 

[bmattock]

"I'm only teasing Soviets, with gentle bonhomie, and you've a better reason to be anti-them than me." - "Nobody's Side, Chess, the musical"

 

[Florian1234]

Did you listen to it?
I just saw this thread and wonder if this "article" is on the net somewhere...

 

[MartinP]

The BBC usually has most of their programs available online. This one has a link, as below, but is apparently not up yet.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/pip/gskcj/

I will keep checking the link too !

EDIT: It looks like only the link is not made - the program is available - or at least it starts playing - at the following link (probably only for windows users, due to the player used):-

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00fhp89/Shooting_Soviets_CartierBresson_in_Moscow/

 

[Florian1234]

Thanks, just found it: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00fhp89

 

[Spider67]

In a new book on HCB one of his photos from Moscow was shown as an example how differntly the magazines used it. For a french mag it was a street scene with an emphasis of an icecream sellers cart. Whereas "Stern" printed text over this part of the pic an emphasized 2 officers walking by. I just don't kow the title...

 

[Florian1234]

spider, which book is that?

 

[TomBob]

very intresting, i have the 2 issues of life magazine in which his 1st trip to russia is presented, but for the 1st westerner to be gratned access... not true at all, as Robert Capa went wiht Steinbeck in 1948, a year after the "iron Curtain" was drawn. where did you get that quote from nickdando? because if it was the BBC as what has been mentioned here thats very unlike them in terms of details like that

 

[nickdando]

The quote was from the RadioTimes, the BBCs programme listing guide.

Nick

 

[blazejs]

While visiting Poland he has bought Jupiter 9 - I have read that in a book from Polish journalist. Don't know if he was using it though🙂

 

[mwalker]

His work for that time behind the iron curtain was extraordinary. Even now outside of Moscow it can be a very closed society. I was shooting in the Bryansk region 10 hours south of Moscow this summer. I was arrested or detained, questioned by plain clothed militia and the turned over to the local police. After 8 hrs I was released and my camera was returned. Some of the pictures are on now my website.