Volga collection. On the Volga River. Album: Maxim Dmitriev

The basis of this unique publication is the famous “Volga Collection” of Maxim Dmitriev, for the first time gained fame at the All -Russian industrial and art exhibition in Nizhny Novgorod in 1896. Separate photos from this collection were published in a number of albums and guidebooks. For the first time in Russia, the Publishing House of the Decum prepared and released a fundamental publication where the photographs of Dmitriev are the artistic dominant of the album. The task that Dmitriev set himself was to capture the Volga from sources to mouth: he captured historical and architectural monuments, types of Volga cities, representatives of various peoples living in the Volga region. The master took pictures for the Russian Geographical Society, which, in turn, provided Dmitriev with transport and labor. Work on the Volga collection ended in 1903.
Now a significant part of the heritage of M.P. Dmitriev (including the Volga collection) in the form of glass negatives is stored in the archive …

Author
Dmitriev Maxim
Publisher
Decum, 2016