Markov-Grinberg photograph of a smiling female peasants and a baby in a wheat field

Markov-Grinberg photograph of a smiling female peasants and a baby in a wheat field 

Markov-Grinberg photograph of a smiling female peasants and a baby in a wheat field 

overall: Height: 13.880 inches (35.255 cm) | Width: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) 

Photographic print created in 1935 by Mark Markov-Grinberg, depicting an official, idealized version of Soviet women farm workers. Markov-Grinberg was a Soviet Jewish photographer, World War II correspondent, and major Social Realist photographer during the Stalinist era of the 1930s-1940s. He worked for major newspapers and journals, including TASS. Markov-Grinberg was a war correspondent during the Soviet-Finnish War from 1939-1940 and, in 1941, was drafted to fight in World War II. While a soldier, he continued his work as a photographer and army correspondent. After the war, he returned to his job at TASS.