The Gallery of Modern Art features an exhibition "TASMA. Kazan Photo Group"

October 9th, 2014 at 18.00pm, the Gallery of Modern Art features an exhibition "TASMA. Kazan Photo Group."

A large-scale exhibition "TASMA. Kazan Photo Group "is a part of the project" History is written by  lens. Lens looks at us " implemented  thanks to the support of the President of the Russian Federation. It assumes demonstrating   exhibitions in other cities of Russia and abroad, as well as release of the first general publication on history and work of the Kazan Photo Group "Tasma".

The initiative for this project comes from  the State Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan, in the halls of which photos more than once were  exhibited as an independent art, where the exhibitions of  Kazan photographers  were held. Among them were displays of a legendary photo group "Tasma.  "Tasma" was born as a creative union in the mid-1970s in the wake of opposition to the official salon and photography, and valued its own language in the photographs, its ability to go directly to life.

Photo-journalism, which from a creative way of the tasmavters  commenced, Kazan became the basis of the photographic school    of 70-90 years of XX century. But creativity of the   "Tasma" was  not confined within  socio-critical reporting, which has become an invaluable document of the era. Deeply personal relationship to the environment, compassion for the most usual contemporary photographers allowed "Tasma" to create a vibrant and coherent picture of life, to convey the feeling and atmosphere of 70-80 years, to create a portrait of its  time, became their general self-portrait.

These qualities have helped place "Tasma" as a group and enter the history of modern photography. This is evidenced by their participation in a variety of national and international exhibitions, including   at the highest level, as well as a number of publications and albums published in Russia and abroad.

The exhibition includes more than two hundred works representing   creativity of all 22 members  of   photo group: Vladimir Bogdanov,  organizer of "Tasma"  having done much  for  determining  its orientation and identity, Boris Davydov, Alexander Tambulov (Greka), Lyalya Kuznetsova, Vladimir Zotov, Vladimir Razumeychenko, Vadim Nikiforov, Rif  Yakupov, Edward Khakimov, Valery Mikhailov, Rustam Mukhametzyanov,   Albert  Bagautdinov, Zufar Bashirov, Farid Gubaev, Yuri Filimonov, Yuri Fedotov, Vasily Martínkov, Shamil Bashirov, Valery Pavlov, Sergey Svintsov, Evgeni Balashov, Vitaly Khashev.

The exhibition will  last  until  November 9th.