[JOSEPH BRODSKY] MARIANNA VOLKOVA (B. 1946) Group of five vintage photographs of Joseph Brodsky

five vintage gelatin silver prints taken in New York, circa 1970s–1980s each: various sizes This group of five vintage gelatin silver prints by Marianna Volkova captures Joseph Brodsky in New York during the 1970s–1980s. Produced within a close personal context, the images offer an intimate and psychologically nuanced portrait of the poet, revealing his distinctive presence and introspective character. Joseph Brodsky (1940–1996) was a Russian-American poet, exiled from the Soviet Union in 1972; awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1987. Marianna Volkova is an American photo artist and photographer.