The State Hermitage Museum: Children and Education

The Dome Photo Project in the Hermitage Youth Educational Center
19 - 30 December 2009

The Dome that is the final photo project of the section of Creative Photography opened on December 19 in the Youth Centre. The project is a research of the perception of St Isaac's Cathedral by masters of different generations.

The choice of the topic is not random: the first known daguerreotype was called St Isaac's. 1839. Being an architectural dominant building and landmark of St Petersburg St Isaac's Cathedral has invariably come into sight of photographers for already 170 year.

In the halls of the Youth Centre visitors had an opportunity to see photographs taken in the 19th, 20th and 21st century. The 19th century is represented by copies of works by Karl Bulla, Alfred Lorens and Karl Schultz from the collection of the State Hermitage. The photographs of the 20th century were created by such recognised masters of photography of St Petersburg as Nikolay Khandogin, Alexander Kitaev, Andrey Chezhin, Andrey Usov, Stanislav Chabutkin, Vladimir Antoshchenkov, Alexander Filippov, Evgeny Mokhorev, Vitaly Smirnov, Leonid Bogdanov, Yury Dyadyuchenko, Pavel Markin, Lyudmila Tabolina and Igor Lebedev.

The modern view of St Isaac's Cathedral is reflected in the photographs by the middle generation, actively working photographers: Elena Agafonova, Alexander Smirnov, Alexey Zelensky, Alexander Nikiportsa, Asya Nemchenko, Alexander Valeev, Alexander Petrosyan, Dmitry Goryachev, Alexander Chernogrivov, Igor Bryakilev, Vera Dorn, Evgeny Sogrin and in the works by students of the Hermitage Youth Centre: Tatyana Braslavskaya, Ekaterina Talanina, Pavel Snopa, Vera Fiskova, Maria Zvir, Alexander Verevkin, Kirill Ivanov, Georgy Pavlenko, V. Abramova, Natalia Glushkova, Maria Lipovskikh, Darya Shishkina, Natalia Moiseeva, Dmitry Popov, Oleg Vereshchagin, Slavyana Kurzaeva and Darya Zavyalova.

At the opening students had a unique chance to talk personally to the most renowned photographers of St Petersburg. A two-hour master class was organised, there masters answered questions that were asked by young people interested in photography. The exhibition that includes quite a considerable number of examples of master skills in the field of city scenery photography has become a peculiar manual for young lightwriters.

The Youth Educational Centre of the State Hermitage
Palace Square, 6, the General Staff building, 4th floor. Exhibition Halls.
The Project working hours:
Tuesday - Saturday from 12.00 till 17.00
Sunday from 12.00 till 16.00
Day off - Monday

Students at the opening of the Dome photo project
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Talk on master skills in photography
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Photographer Alexander Kitaev at the opening of the Dome project
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The master class by the leading photography artists of St Petersburg in the Hermitage Youth Centre
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Photographer Igor Lebedev, Head of the Creative Photography section
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View of Square with St Isaac's Cathedral
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