15 PHOTOS by Igor Palmin, a remarkable Soviet photographer
Igor Palmin's (1933-2025) creative style was inspired by avant-garde and modernist art movements. His photographic method was shaped by the influence of unofficial Soviet art, which he chronicled via his shots. Take a look at some of his iconic photos below.
Derozhinskaya's Mansion. Interior Staircase, 1996. From the ‘Moscow Mansions’ series.
A group of hippies hanging out by the entrance to an exhibition at the ‘House of Culture’ pavilion, VDNKh (Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy), 1975.
The St. Sergius Trinity Lavra, 1990.
Installation of Oleg Tselkov's work in the ‘Beekeeping’ pavilion at VDNKh, 1975.
An exhibition in the ‘Beekeeping’ pavilion at VDNKh, 1975.
An apartment building in Moscow, 1989.
The ‘Hatch the eggs!’ art installation by the ‘Gnezdo’ (Nest) art group (Gennady Donskoy, Mikhail Roshal and Viktor Skersis), 1975.
The Moscow State University’s main building, 2002.
Artist Vladimir Yankilevsky posing in his studio on Preobrazhenskaya Street, 1974.
The Central Theater of the Red Army, 1989.
Artist Oscar Rabin emigrates with his family, 1978.
A statue by the St. Petersburg Manege, 1999.
Twelve minutes to six on the Red Square, the 1960s.
Collector George Costakis posing against the background of the works of Wassily Kandinsky, 1974.
Before the emigration of writer Vasily Aksenov, 1980
(pictured from left to right: playwrights Grigory Gorin and Mikhail Roshchin, writer Vasily Aksenov, poets Zoya Boguslavskaya and Andrei Voznesensky).