Georgy Zelma
Ashkhabad, Turkmenistan (Physical Technical Institute)

Ashkhabad, Turkmenistan (Physical Technical Institute)
Ashkhabad, Turkmenistan (Physical Technical Institute)
Ashkhabad, Turkmenistan (Physical Technical Institute)
ArtistRussian, 1906–1984
CultureRussian
Titles
  • Ashkhabad, Turkmenistan (Physical Technical Institute)
Date1951 or later
PlaceAshkabad, Turkmenistan, Asia
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 11/16 × 15 in. (22.1 × 38.1 cm)
Sheet: 8 11/16 × 15 in. (22.1 × 38.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Howard Schickler and David Lafaille
Object number95.339
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

The Russian photographer Georgy Zelma enjoyed a long career photographing for various press agencies in the Soviet Union. This image of a desalination plant is typical of Zelma’s dramatic style. Utilizing extreme angles, odd juxtapositions, or in this case high contrast, his images always aimed to celebrate Soviet strength and innovation. Here, the lone worker is silhouetted against an endless field of high-tech panels, symbolizing the goals of state socialism and central planning.


ProvenanceHoward Schickler and David Lafaille; given to MFAH, 1995.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
There is a stamp in black ink, center verso. There is a signature in black ink, lower right verso. In pencil, lower right verso: "BZA559". A label in black ink on the center verso.

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