Photography, introduced to Russia in 1839, was nothing short of a sensation. Its rapid proliferation challenged the other arts, including painting and literature, as well as the very integrity of the self. If Leo Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoevsky greeted the camera with skepticism i…
"A primer in photographic literacy, focused on the sites of contact between photography and literary writing over roughly seventy years, this book traces the visual consciousness of modern Russian literature in the twentieth century as captured through the lens of the Russian au…
"A primer in photographic literacy, focused on the sites of contact between photography and literary writing over roughly seventy years, this book traces the visual consciousness of modern Russian literature in the twentieth century as captured through the lens of the Russian au…