Samara Russia History Architecture - Photography Travel Guide Book in English

by Sergey Leibgrad, Sergey Osmachkin

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Samara Russia History Architecture - Photography Travel Guide Book in English 207 Portraits of a Town or Colour Dreams of Samara – Photographs by Sergey Osmachkin; Text by Sergey Leibgrad. A richly illustrated photographic portrait of Samara, Russia, combining documentary photography, architectural imagery and literary reflections on one of the great historic cities of the Volga River. Published in Samara in 1996, only a few years after the city regained its historic name following the Soviet-era period when it was known as Kuibyshev, the book captures Samara at a particularly interesting moment of transition in post-Soviet Russia. The volume presents Samara not simply as a collection of landmarks but as a living city of streets, courtyards, churches, mansions, wooden houses, industrial districts, Soviet housing estates, public transportation and everyday urban life. Sergey Osmachkin’s photographs range from dramatic black-and-white compositions to vivid color images, while Sergey Leibgrad’s text provides a literary meditation on the city, its history and its relationship with the Volga. The text is presented in both Russian and English, making the book especially useful to collectors interested in Russian photography, architecture, urban history and post-Soviet cultural publications. The authors evoke Samara through the famous writers, artists and intellectuals connected with the city. Names specifically discussed include Apollon Grigoriev, Konstantin Balmont, Fyodor Shalyap

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