Sovfoto

Sovfoto was established in 1932 as the only agency to represent Soviet photojournalism in America.[1][2] It continues today as a commercial entity Sovfoto/Eastfoto. Collections from its archive are held also at MacLaren Art Centre in Barrie, Canada which in 2001 was donated 23,116 vintage gelatin silver prints dating from 1936 to 1957,[3][4] while University of Massachusetts Amherst holds the Tass Sovfoto Photograph Collection, 1919–1963, the majority being from 1943–1963.[5]

  1. ^ "Sovfoto/Eastfoto Agency. (New York).(offers images from Russia, China, Eastern Europe)(Brief Article)", Photo District News, 22 (4), The Nielsen Company: S16(1), 1 April 2002, ISSN 1045-8158
  2. ^ "Reviews: of leading stock industry source across the country & beyond. (Stock Photography Guide 2003)", Photo District News, 23 (4), The Nielsen Company: S10(13), 1 April 2003, ISSN 1045-8158
  3. ^ Hadzihasanovi; Wlasenko, O.; Pacific, R.C.; Beveridge, S.; Fraser, S.; MacLaren Art Centre (2007), September 2007: Broken Promises, Soviet Photography in the Age of Stalin : Olexander Wlasenko, Robin Pacific, Sadko Hadz̆ihasanovi, O., MacLaren Art Centre, ISBN 9780973882933
  4. ^ "The Sovfoto Archive". MacLaren Art Centre. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Tass Sovfoto Photograph Collection – Special Collections and University Archives". Retrieved 8 October 2020.