Bulla Karl Karlovich

Russian-German portraitist and master of documentary photography, owner of a photo studio in St. Petersburg, who went down in history as the "father of Russian photo reportage". In 1875, Karl Bulla opened his own photo studio in the Passage building on Nevsky Prospect. In 1896, he received the title of "Photographer of the Imperial Court" and a special badge "Photographer of St. Petersburg". Since 1897, Karl Bulla's photographs began to be published in the popular magazine "Niva". From that time on, his name became known throughout the Russian Empire. Since 1908 - photographer of the magazine "Ogonyok". Photographs by Karl Karlovich Bulla are in the collection of the State Archive of Film, Photo, and Sound Documents of St. Petersburg, the State Hermitage Museum, the Russian National Library (RNL), the State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg, and also in private collections.