Name Gueorgui Pinkhassov | Books Sightwalk | |
Education Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography Movies The Russian Prison: A Separate Life Awards World Press Photo Award for Arts and Entertainment | ||
Gueorgui Pinkhassov - HOME Project Magnum Photos
Gueorgui Pinkhassov is a photographer, born in Moscow in 1952. He is a member of Magnum Photos.
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- Gueorgui Pinkhassov HOME Project Magnum Photos
- Gueorgui pinkhassov paris 2015
- Life and work
- Publications
- References
Gueorgui pinkhassov paris 2015
Life and work
Pinkhassov began his interest in photography in his teens, and enrolled at the Moscow Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) in 1969.
Following college and two years in the army, he joined the film crew at Mosfilm. Continuing his interest in still photography he became a set photographer at the studio. His work was noticed by the film director Andrei Tarkovsky, who invited Pinkhassov to work on the set of his film Stalker.
Being awarded independent artist status by the Moscow Union of Graphic Arts in 1978 allowed Pinkhassov far more freedom to travel, allowing him to exhibit his work internationally. In 1979 his work was noticed outside of Russia for the first time, in a group exhibition of Soviet photographers held in Paris. Previously, his work had mainly been seen in a number of Russian magazines, including L'artiste Sovetique.
His acceptance by the Magnum Photos agency in 1988 opened up his work to a wider audience. He worked for the international media covering major events in Lithuania, Mongolia, Indonesia and Africa. Returning to Moscow to cover the 1991 Coup, for the New York Times.
Pinkhassov is now a French citizen, living in Paris.
In 1995, he received a photographic scholarship from the city, and in 1998, he published the book Sightwalk, photographs of Japan.