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Boris Savelev
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His original career was as an aerospace engineer, however it is photography that, since 1976, made his name. His first published work was The Secret City (1981), colour photographs taken using Orwachrome film. His style has been described as observational realism preoccupied with light and form.
Savelev himself credits his "methodical, scientific background" for the constructivist aesthetic in his photos.
The photographs capture Russia during a period of great upheaval, from the Cold War, through the dissolution of the United States.S.R, to modern day Russia. 2000 - Kunsthaus, Dresden, Germany 2000 - State Museum of Art, Cottbus, Germany 2001 - “Boris Savelev,” Anahita Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America 2002 - Moscow House of Photography, Moscow, Russia 2003 - State Museum, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia 2004 - Fine Art Gallery, University of Wuppertal, Germany 2005 - “City Number Time”, Moscow State Museum of Modern Art, Moscow 2006 – “Due Mostre, Pierre Borhan / Boris Savelev,” Palazzo Magnani, Reggio Emilia, Italy.
