Leonid Lazarev

Leonid Lazarev
Born 14 July 1937
Moscow, Russia
Occupation Photo artist, photojournalist
Website
www.photol.net.ru

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

Art Biography

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

Photographic publications in press

Sources

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