The phenomenon of the Soviet rock in the pictures of Igor Mukhin. Photo

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The photos were taken in the late 1980s.

Cult Russian and Soviet photographer has a remarkable ability to see people without their masks on, direct and real.

Igor Mukhin was born in 1961-th year in Moscow. The College received the profession “fitter plumber”, worked as a technician for heating, night watchman. Photography I became sixteen years old, but only twenty-four realized that this lesson was his calling.

Mukhina’s work is regularly exhibited in Moscow galleries since 1987. Overseas he was greeted as an outstanding representative of contemporary Russian photography. Two shots Mukhin from the series “Youth of the big city” was included in the list of the most expensive Soviet photos, they are estimated at 6-8 thousand pounds sterling.

Mukhin famous portrait and reportage images. His works and artistic works, and honest chronicle. For almost 30 years he photographed writers, rockers, artists, and politicians. Represent biker black-and-white portraits of Igor Mukhin from the project “Rock in the USSR”.