YAKOV RYUMKIN (1913-1986)
Pilot M. Vasiliev, navigator V. Ivanov, radio operator V. Furmanov. North Pole, 1954.

Gelatin silver print. Inscribed on the reverse. A stamp «Photo by Ya. Ryumkin» on the reverse. 30,8х26,3 см Provenance: Collection of Borodulin Yakov Ryumkin (1913-1986) - photocorrespondent. He worked in the Kharkov newspaper «Vecherneye Radio». Since the beginning of the great Patriotic war — photocorrespondent of the newspaper «Pravda» on the South-Western front. He photographed the defense of Stalingrad, the liberation of Ukraine, Moldavia, Romania, Hungary, Poland, the capture of Berlin. In the postwar years, he worked in the newspaper «Pravda», the magazine «Ogonyok».