Leonid Lazarev

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Name Leonid Lazarev

Occupation Photo artist, photojournalist

Leonid Lazarev , Art of Foto

Leonid Nikolaevich Lazarev (Russian: Леонид Николаевич Лазарев, born July 14, 1937) is a notable Russian photo artist and photojournalist.

1957 - wins the second prize of Moscow Festival of Youth and Students photo contest, decides to become a professional photographer.

1957, 1958, 1959, 1960 - Takes part in a series of photo exhibitions called "Our Youth".

1958-1963 - works as a photojournalist in a "Soviet Woman" magazine.

1960 - becomes a prize-winner of a "Soviet Woman" magazine.

1961 - becomes a prize-winner of an all-USSR photo exhibition.

1961 - becomes a prize-winner of an all-USSR photo exhibition for the 2nd time.

1962 - becomes "one of the world's best photographers" according to the opinion of foreign press - «Photography Year Book».

1964 - works as a photojournalist in a "Krugozor" magazine.

1972 – graduates in a Journalistic Mastery Institute.

1974 - becomes a prize-winner of an International contest by the "New Time" magazine.

1977 - graduates in The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, cameraman faculty.

1985 - becomes a prize-winner of an all-USSR "40 years of Great Victory" photo exhibition.

1999 - awarded with a Kodak-Master title.

2008 - personal photo exhibition in a "PhotoSouz" gallery.

2010 - personal photo exhibition in Orensanz art gallery in New York, USA.

2010 - sells some of the works to Tretyakov Gallery

1958–1963 – Soviet Woman magazine – 110 published works.

1962 – Photography Year Book - 1962 (edited by Nornam Hall, GB).

1964–1993 – Krugozor and Kolobok magazines - 720 published works.

1986 – Set of large format postcards "USSR Malyi Theater"

1988 – Set of large format postcards "Moscow State Academic Children's Theater by the Name of N.I Satz"

2003 – History of Russian Customs - illustrated book.

2004 – Moscow in races – illustrated encyclopaedic atlas.

2007 – History of Moscow in XII - XX centuries - illustrated book.

2007 – "Photo 60-70" - book series "Anthology of Russian Photography of the XX century".

2008 - Selected works - author's catalogue of L. N. Lazarev. Publisher: I. Gorshkov.

2009 - "VSKhV-VDNKh-VVC" - jubilee illustrated edition (4 books).

2009 - "Moscow - Waiting for the Future" - author's catalogue of L. N. Lazarev.

2010 - "Icons 1960-1980".

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