Moscow Summer 1980

In July 1980 a grand Moscow has thousands of foreigners. Among others, the Olympic capital, arrived and classic fotodokumentalistiki Raymond Depardon.

Renowned photographers, who at that time held the honorary vice-president of the European branch of the famous "Magnum", interested not only in the Olympic Games. Armed with a camera, he went on the streets of Moscow to show life as it is.
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1. Raymond Depardon (Raymond Depardon) was born to a farmer, and from an early age, he had only one dream - never to do anything related to agriculture.





2. A young man found an outlet in the photo: 14 years old, he went to a local apprentice photographer, photo-later I studied a correspondence course.



3. In 1960 Depardon served as a photographer in the Army, covering the events of the Algerian war. It was in Algiers, he fell in love with the Middle East, the desert and decided to connect his life with photojournalism.



4. In 1967 Depardon with Gilles Caron founded the photo agency «Gamma».



5. In 1970, Depardon, Caron and some other photographers of the agency were arrested in Chad; Soon after the release of April 4, 1970 30-year-old Caron disappeared in Cambodia. These events forced Depardon for some time away from photojournalism.



6. In 1974, Raymond Depardon with a group of other photographers «Gamma» covered the events in Chile. Their work has been awarded a gold medal of the Robert Capa - perhaps the most prestigious award a photojournalist.



7. Photos taken in 1975-1977 in Chad brought Depardon Pulitzer Prize. In 1978, he leaves the «Gamma» and becomes a candidate for membership in the prestigious community of documentary photographers - photo agency "Magnum".



8. In the following year he became a full member of the agency, and a year later - the vice-president of the European branch.



9. During his career as a photographer, Raymond Depardon has issued more than 25 albums, has participated in exhibitions all over the world, I have received a large number of different awards.



10. His work photojournalist he combined with the work of the director, since 1969 Depardon made a few dozen documentaries.



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