History and art of photography in museum’s space

Author’s excursion by Yuri Molodkovets, an artist-photographer of State Hermitage Museum
Alternative history of photography.
Photographer’s toolkit from Creation of the World.
Photography in ancient Greece.
First photographers and photos.
Sources of light and Utrecht Caravaggism.
The main pictorial and photographic genres.
Ekaterina the Great’s contribution to the History of Photography.
Impact of photography on painting.
Genres and sub-genres in photography and fine art.
The most luminiferous artist of Hermitage.
What an individual should do with photo camera.


It is useful for those, who are interested in photography and desire to understand its basis and depths.

Length: 2,5 hours.
Could consist of two parts (two meetings) for 1,5 hours.

In order not to miss a word of the story, as well as to feel absolutely free, the receiver devices with sanitary-treated individual headphones, functioning in a distance up to 100 meters will be given to each guest.

Want to join?

There are several options of course of events!

1. To order individual excursion, please contact us through email
ymfotospb@mail.ru or by mobile phone +7921 77 88 88 4
2. Or join events of LEV LURYE’S CULTURAL CENTRE, where Yuri Molodkovets is also holding excursions