Khrushchev and Castro have lunch at a kolkhoz in Georgia, 1963.
Over 38 days, Cuba’s Fidel Castro travelled all over the USSR – the only state leader to do so. It was widely publicised in the Soviet press, and this image of the two enjoying lunch was taken by Vasily Egorov. © Vasily Egorov/Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography.
The history of Soviet Photography isn’t well known in the Western World, especially during the decades following the Communist Revolution and the Second World War during when our greatest enemy was the spread of communism over capitalism. The Cold War raged on for several decades, but amazing photography didn’t die behind the Iron Curtain, in fact photography was rich, and some amazing photos were captured from 1927 to the early days of capitalism when the Berlin Wall came crumbling down.
From Soviet heroes to documentary style photography, the Russians and those who dwelled in the Eastern Bloc, made some amazing images that captured the look, feel, and times for Soviet Photo magazine. If you are in Moscow, you can check out this 18 photograph exhibition by the The Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography.
Via: Wired , and The Guardian
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