Mark Markov-Grinberg (Russian, 1907-2006) black and white photographic portrait print of Vladimir Mayakovsky taken in Rostov-on-Don in 1926. Signed. Stamped on verso with an artist's seal. 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. During World War II, Markov-Grinberg served as a soldier and then as a war correspondent for the military publication Slovo Boitsa (Word of Soldier). He lost his job at TASS in 1948 during Stalin’s anti-Semitic campaign, which accused Jews of lacking full allegiance to the Soviet Union.