He is one of the classics of Soviet photography.
If you ever will be written the history of Soviet pictorial photography, honorable place in it is the work of Alexander Danilovich Grinberg. This man, who lived nearly a hundred years, was the dramatic fate.
He was born in the reign of Alexander III the Peacemaker, became a famous photographer under Nicholas II, he fought in the First world war, was captured, and in the civil war on the red side. In our review of wonderful portraits, which were made by Alexander Danilovich Grinberg.