SAMARIY GURARY (1916-1998) Roosevelt greets Churchill at the airfield before meeting in Yalta, 1945

Inscription in Russian, stamp «S. Gurary»; «Directorate of International Photo Exhibitions» (on the reverse) Gelatin silver print Vintage print, circa 1940s. 39 х 26 cm Provenance: Borodulin Collection Samariy Mikhailovich Gurary (1916-1998) was a Soviet photographer. During the Second World War he was a front-line photographer for the Russian newspaper “Izvestia”. He took pictures on many fronts and was a photographer of such historic events as the Parade on the Red Square on November 7, 1941, the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences, the Victory Parade in Moscow on June 24, 1945.