Max Alpert | |
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| Born | 18 March 1899 |
| Died | 30 November 1980 (aged 81) |
| Occupation | Photographer |
| Known for | Kombat |
| Spouse | Glafira Belits-Geiman |
Max Vladimirovich Alpert (Russian:Макс Владимирович Альперт; 18 March 1899 – 30 November 1980) was a prominent Soviet photographer who was mostly known for his frontline work during World War II.[1]
Before World War I, Alpert studied in Odessa, together with his brother Mikhail Alperin, and after the war worked as a photographer forRabochaya Gazeta (Workers Newspaper) in Moscow.[1] In the 1930s, he photographed numerous construction sites of the Soviet Union. During that time,Sergei Eisenstein stayed with him at theGreat Fergana Canal and was impressed by his passion for photography.[2] In parallel, Alpert worked forPravda, where he was known as a prolific portrait photographer. During World War II, he took a number of iconic photographs at the Soviet frontlines and also documented military events in Prague and Berlin. For his work during the war, he was awarded theOrder of the Red Star (1943), theOrder of the Patriotic War (1945) and theOrder of the Red Banner of Labour. After the war, he worked atRIA Novosti, where he compiled a famous photo album ofNikolai Amosov.[citation needed] Examples of his images are held in theSovfoto archive.
