Leonid Lazarev

Leonid Nikolaevich Lazarev (Russian: Леонид Николаевич Лазарев, born July 14, 1937) is a notable Russian photo artist and photojournalist.
Art Biography.
1957 - wins the second prize of Moscow Festival of Youth and Students photo contest, decides to become a professional photographer.
1957, 1958, 1959, 1960 - Takes part in a series of photo exhibitions called "Our Youth".
1958-1963 - works as a photojournalist in a "Soviet Woman" magazine.
1960 - becomes a prize-winner of a "Soviet Woman" magazine.
1961 - becomes a prize-winner of an all-USSR photo exhibition.
1961 - becomes a prize-winner of an all-USSR photo exhibition for the 2nd time.
1962 - becomes "one of the world's best photographers" according to the opinion of foreign press - «Photography Year Book».
1964 - works as a photojournalist in a "Krugozor" magazine.
1972 – graduates in a Journalistic Mastery Institute.
1974 - becomes a prize-winner of an International contest by the "New Time" magazine.
1977 - graduates in The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, cameraman faculty.
1985 - becomes a prize-winner of an all-USSR "40 years of Great Victory" photo exhibition.
1999 - awarded with a Kodak-Master title.
2008 - personal photo exhibition in a "PhotoSouz" gallery.
2010 - personal photo exhibition in Orensanz art gallery in New York, USA.
2010 - sells some of the works to Tretyakov Gallery.
2011 - photo exhibition of Leonid Lazarev in the U.S. Congress. The opening was attended by: Dan Russell, Deputy assistant Secretary of state for Europe and Eurasia, Konstantin Kosachev — Chairman, State Duma Committee on international Affairs, curator of the exhibition - Natalia Kolodzei — Director of the Kolodzei Art Foundation.
2013 — Russian Museum is exhibiting Lazarev's photographs, from 05.09.2013, No. 2459/2.
2013 — opening of "Penza arts international-2013" in The Penza Savitsky Art Gallery. Author's project "Generation".
2014 — exhibition in the style of "Visionism" at the international exhibition "Penza Art International» in The Penza Savitsky Art Gallery.
2014 — The art gallery of the University of Arizona in the United States presents 18 photographs by L. Lazarev.
2015 — The Oscar Niemeyer Museum (Brazil) presents 19 photographs by L. Lazarev.
2016 — State Central Cinema Museum (Moscow) was replenished with 5 photographs by L. Lazarev, from 12.03.2015, No. 199.
2016, 21 March — the Opening of a personal exhibition of L. N. Lazarev at Columbia University in the United States.
2016 — The Museum of Moscow has replenished with 47 photographs by L. N. Lazarev, from 18.11.2016 No. 90.
2016 — Lazarev created a bronze sculpture called "Photographer". The sculpture acquired by The State Historical and Memorial Museum-Reserve «Homeland of VI Lenin ». Act PP-30/16.
Famous people about Leonid Lazarev.
Composer, People’s Artist of Russia Gennady Gladkov:
Writer, playwright and USSR State Prize awardee Alexander Gelman:
Cameraman, Lenin Prize awardee and Honored Art Worker of Russia Sergey Medynsky:
Filmmaker, journalist, President of Russia Prize awardee L. Reznikov:
Writer Xenia Golubovich:
Photography historian Valery Blumfelde: