Mikhail Petrovich Grachev became interested in photography as a schoolboy. He graduated from an evening technical school that trained photojournalists. In 1936, on the recommendation of M.I. Ulyanova was enrolled in the staff of the Izvestia newspaper. Filmed the construction of the Great Fergana Canal and other construction sites. During the Great Patriotic War, he was in charge of the Izvestia photo laboratory and worked as a photojournalist for the Evening Moscow newspaper. He often traveled to the Kalinin and Western fronts, visited besieged Leningrad, and the North Caucasus. During the difficult period of the defense of Moscow, he filmed near Volokolamsk, Istra and Tula. Since 1949, employee of the Soviet Union magazine. Awarded medals.
Grachev M.P. Size – 38.5x27. Technique – Gelatin silver print.
Description:Signed on the back. The work was purchased at Bonhams auction on June 10, 2008. Lot 31. Comes from the collection of Lev Borodulin.
Аукцион № 80 "Триумф Соцреализма" 25 октября 2008 г.
Grachev M.P. Year – The late 1930s Size – 28.5x20.5. Technique – The photographer's vintage photo print.
Description:Signed and annotated by the photographer on the reverse.
Аукцион №194 Аукцион 194 16 сентября 2025 г.
Grachev M.P. Size – 29x19.5. Technique – Gelatin silver print.
Description:The work was purchased at Bonhams auction on June 10, 2008. Lot 33. Comes from the collection of Lev Borodulin.
Grachev M.P. Size – 28x37. Technique – Gelatin silver print.
Description:Signed on the back. The work was purchased at Bonhams auction on June 10, 2008. Lot 33. Comes from the collection of Lev Borodulin.
Grachev M.P. Year – 1947. Size – 22,5х28,5. Technique – Author's vintage photo print.
Аукцион №191 Аукцион 191 20 марта 2025 г.
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