BORIS IGNATOVICH (1899-1976) Vladimir Mayakovsky on Red Square. Moscow, 1929

gelatin silver print inscribed in Cyrillic, stamp ‘Directorate of International Photo Exhibitions’ (on the reverse) printed later 26.6 x 23.3 cm Provenance: Private collection Boris Ignatovich was a Russian Soviet photographer, master of documentary photography, reporter, cameraman and journalist. A pioneer of Soviet avant-garde photography in the 1920s-30s, the founder of photojournalism, an innovator and teacher, one of the most significant artists and daring 'formalists' of his time.