Masha Ivashintsova | |
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Born |
Sverdlovsk, USSR | March 23, 1942
Died | July 13, 2000
Saint-Petersburg, Russia | (aged 58)
Nationality | Russian |
Known for | Photographer and painter |
Website |
mashaivashintsova |
Masha Ivashintsova (March 23, 1942 − July 13, 2000) was a Russian photographer from Saint-Petersburg (then Leningrad, USSR) who was heavily engaged in the Leningrad poetic and photography underground movement of the 1960−80s. Masha photographed prolifically throughout most of her life, but she hoarded her photo-films in the attic and rarely developed them. Only when her daughter Asya found some 30,000 negatives in their attic in 2017 did Masha's works become public. [1] In this regard, Masha Ivashintsova's work and story have been compared to those of Vivian Maier. [2]
Ivashintsova died in 2000 at the age of 58.
Masha was born into an aristocratic family whose assets were seized following the Bolshevik Revolution. [2] In Leningrad, Ivashintsova joined the city's literary and artistic underground. She worked odd jobs as a theater critic, a librarian, a cloakroom attendant, an elevator mechanic, and a security guard, amongst others. Occasionally, she would visit Asya in Moscow. [3]
Masha was heavily engaged in the Leningrad poetic and photography of the 1960−80s. She was in relationships with photographer Boris Smelov, poet Viktor Krivulin and linguist Melvar Melkumyan., [4] the latter whom she married and had a daughter, Asya Melkumyan.
Masha Ivashintsova | |
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Born |
Sverdlovsk, USSR | March 23, 1942
Died | July 13, 2000
Saint-Petersburg, Russia | (aged 58)
Nationality | Russian |
Known for | Photographer and painter |
Website |
mashaivashintsova |
Masha Ivashintsova (March 23, 1942 − July 13, 2000) was a Russian photographer from Saint-Petersburg (then Leningrad, USSR) who was heavily engaged in the Leningrad poetic and photography underground movement of the 1960−80s. Masha photographed prolifically throughout most of her life, but she hoarded her photo-films in the attic and rarely developed them. Only when her daughter Asya found some 30,000 negatives in their attic in 2017 did Masha's works become public. [1] In this regard, Masha Ivashintsova's work and story have been compared to those of Vivian Maier. [2]
Ivashintsova died in 2000 at the age of 58.
Masha was born into an aristocratic family whose assets were seized following the Bolshevik Revolution. [2] In Leningrad, Ivashintsova joined the city's literary and artistic underground. She worked odd jobs as a theater critic, a librarian, a cloakroom attendant, an elevator mechanic, and a security guard, amongst others. Occasionally, she would visit Asya in Moscow. [3]
Masha was heavily engaged in the Leningrad poetic and photography of the 1960−80s. She was in relationships with photographer Boris Smelov, poet Viktor Krivulin and linguist Melvar Melkumyan., [4] the latter whom she married and had a daughter, Asya Melkumyan.