Boris Savelev
{{short description|Russian photographer}}
{{Other uses|Savelyev}}
Boris Savelev ({{langx|ru|Борис Александрович Савельев}}, born 1948) is a Ukrainian-born Russian photographer.
Career
His original career was as an aerospace engineer, however it is photography that made his name since 1976. His works have been shown in galleries in his home country as well as United States, Germany and the UK.{{cite web|url=http://www.artfacts.net/index.php/pageType/artistInfo/artist/99197/lang/1 |title=Boris Savelev - Biography |publisher=Artfacts.net |date=2014-01-30 |accessdate=2014-02-21}} In the 1980s, Savelev experimented on color photographies.{{Cite web|url=https://time.com/3784743/color-constructions-from-a-rocket-engineer-turned-photographer/|title = Color Constructions from a Rocket Engineer Turned Photographer}} His first published work was The Secret City (1988), color photographs taken using Orwachrome film.[http://www.factum-arte.com/eng/artistas/boris/default_en.asp] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226231652/http://www.factum-arte.com/eng/artistas/boris/default_en.asp |date=February 26, 2009 }} The photographs capture Russia during a period of great upheaval, from the Cold War, through the dissolution of the U.S.S.R., to modern-day Russia.
His style has been described as observational realism preoccupied with light and form. Savelev himself credits his 'methodical, scientific background' for the constructivist aesthetic in his photos.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2009/apr/21/boris-savelev-russia-photography-exhibition?picture=346234656 |title=Romance and realism in Russia: 31 years of Boris Savelev | Art and design |work=The Guardian |date=2009-04-21 |accessdate=2014-02-21}}
Exhibitions (recent)
- 2014 - Boris Savelav, Michael Hoppen Gallery, London{{cite web |title=Boris Savelev |url=https://www.michaelhoppengallery.com/artists/46-boris-savelev/exhibitions/ |website=Michael Hoppen Gallery |accessdate=1 April 2019}}
Collections
- Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, Illinois{{cite web |title=Savelev, Boris |url=http://www.mocp.org/detail.php?type=related&kv=8279&t=people |website=Museum of Contemporary Photography |accessdate=1 April 2019}}
- Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois{{cite web |title=Boris Savelev |url=https://www.artic.edu/artists/113992/boris-savelev |website=Art Institute of Chicago |accessdate=1 April 2019}}
Publications
- Secret City, Photographs from the USSR, Boris Savelev. London: Thames & Hudson, 1988.
- Über die großen Städte (Catalog). Berlin: NGBK, 1993.
- Another Russia, Daniela Mrazkova and Vladimir Remes. New York: Facts on File, 1986.
- Changing Reality. Leah Bendavid-Val, Washington, D.C.: Starwood Publishing, 1991.
- Elena Darikovich and Boris Savelev: Photography. State Museum Art Gallery, Kaliningrad, 1994.
- Say Cheese. (Catalog), Le Comptoir de la Photographie," Paris, 1988.
References
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External links
- {{Official website|www.b-savelev.com}}
- [http://www.anahitaphotoarchive.com/Home/Photographs/boris-savelev Boris Savelev Anahita Photo Archive ]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160127202534/http://franciskavanagh.com/previous-work/review-of-boris-savelev-at-michael-hoppen-gallery/ Boris Savelev at Michael Hoppen Gallery: Review by Francis Kavanagh for Artists Insight ]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20170330175134/http://www.galerie-m-bochum.de/artist_image_en.php?SID=A6OffghYq8Kb&aid=71&aname=BorisSavelev Boris Savelev at the Galerie m Bochum]
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Category:Russian photographers