Mark Markov Grinberg (Russian, 1907 - 2006) black and white silver gelatin photographic print depicting a man dressed in traditional Russian costume within a museum sculpture exposition. Sealed on verso with the photographer’s name stamp. Framed with mount. Mark Markov-Grinberg was a famous Soviet photojournalist. His first job was for the Sovyetski Yug (Soviet South) newspaper in 1925. He was also a freelance photographer for Ogonyok. In 1926, Markov-Grinberg moved to Moscow, working for numerous trade union newspapers. He joined the Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) in 1930 and his work appeared in all of the major Soviet publications in the 1930s, including USSR in Construction. As part of the Soviet social realism movement, Markov-Grinberg was commissioned to create a photo essay about the day in the life of a young man, Nikita Izotov, as a means of creating Soviet hero children could emulate. He lived with the Izotov family for six months and his articles on the family appeared in Soviet Photo throughout 1934, and later in European publications including AIZ. This work launched his career as a Stalin-era photographer and he became one of the most important Soviet photographers of his generation.