> Noah Sneider Perestroika/post-Soviet Photography

Dear Noah Sneider,

There are a number of sources that should be helpful. Several of the new generation of Russian photographic artists were exhibited in the post-Soviet years for the first time outside the country in 4+4: Late Modern, Photography between the mediums. The exhibition included work by contemporaries from the US with Russian artist. You can find a copy at the Art Museum in Santa Fe, one of the Museums of New Mexico. The research for the exhibition in Russia as well as travel to pick up the work for the exhibition was supported by an IREX grant. 

You can find these works, as well as other contemporaries from the former Soviet Union, in the first photography collection exhibition with catalog for the museum. The catalog is also a website: Google idea photographic. This exhibition (titled Idea Photographic: After Modernism), catalog and website were supported by the Museum Loan Network at MIT as well as private support, which helped publish student research from my college course work on early modern and contemporary photography. The Russian and Eastern European work found within the larger theme, were mainstreamed for the first time with the global history of modern photography. 

Now as far as contacts there are many I have worked with over the past twenty years. Three Fulbright Scholars Awards that began in the USSR and Eastern Europe were the first for the history of photography. Dozens of return trips for work, research, lecture and write, continued in countless cities throughout Russia and Eastern Europe between Fulbrights. In fact I am writing you from London, where I just lectured on the three Fulbright Awards and thir history, which started with ten cities in the USSR in 1991, some which were located in new countries as they came back into existence as the USSR disappered at the end of that year. The work in photography continued, from the first ten cities, to several cities in each of over 23 countries today. 

Perhaps you can share more. Happy to suggest a wide array of professionals, curators, artists and teachers in various organizations, universities, museums and institutes that can be helpful depending on needs. 

Will be in the UK for another week on research. Then stateside for a few days the following week, before returning to Spain for continued Russian research as well as a photography curators' annual meeting until the holidays. 

best regards,

steve yates

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> Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 11:51:14 -0700
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Shera] Perestroika/post-Soviet Photography
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> Dear all,
> 
> I am working on a project about photography in Russia during perestroika and the immediate post-Soviet years (~90s). I would be grateful for any suggestions of books, articles, people, exhibitions, etc (in English or Russian) related to this material. 
> 
> Bolshoe spasibo!
> Noah Sneider
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