Background
Skurikhin, Anatolii was born in 1900 in the town of Kotelnich (now in Kirov Oblast’).
Skurikhin, Anatolii was born in 1900 in the town of Kotelnich (now in Kirov Oblast’).
As a teenager, an enthusiastic amateur photographer. His landscape pictures attracted the attention of the editors of Sovetfoto. In 1928, won several awards in a photographic competition run by the magazine.
Moved to Moscow and studied at the State Art and Technical Workshops. Became a photoreporter. From 1930, worked on Komsomolskaia Pravda and later on Izvestia.