{{Short description|Photographer, journalist, author and traveller}} {{Infobox person | name = Yuri Rost | image = Юрий Рост, 2022 (cropped).jpg | image_size = 300 px | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1939|2|1}} | birth_place = Kiev, Ukraine | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = Юрий Рост | known_for = | occupation = Photographer, journalist }} '''Yuri Rost''' ({{langx|ru|Юрий Рост}}, born February 1, 1939, in Kiev, Ukraine) is a photographer, journalist, author and traveller. Rost's photographic vision is closely related to the humanist tradition established by post-war photographers like Henri Cartier-Bresson, Leonard Freed, and Ed van der Elsken.<ref name=fotomuseumdenhaag /> He was selected by Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908–2005) for inclusion in his last exhibition, ''Les choix d’Henri Cartier-Bresson'' (Paris, 2003)<ref name=fotomuseumdenhaag /> after meeting him in Paris.<ref name=afisha />
==Work== Yuri Rost has exhibited his works at galleries and museums worldwide. He is the author of numerous books and publications, and is one of the few recipients of Amarcord, a special award founded by Federico Fellini and Tonino Guerra, inspired by design of Sergei Paradjanov. In 2000, Rost was awarded the State Prize of Russia for his cycle of photographs "''Group Portrait Against the Backdrop of the Century''" ("Групповой портрет на фоне века"),<ref name=libex /> as well as an independent national prize "Triumph – 2000", for his distinguished accomplishments in the visual arts and literature. In 2008, Rost's book "''Group Portrait Against the Backdrop of the Century''", based on the 2000 cycle of photographs, received the national "Book of the Year" award.<ref name=novayagazeta />
As a writer and social analyst, Rost gives his photographs an extra dimension by writing literary essays portraying and explaining the social context of the featured person. He focuses on peasants, tramps, actors and academics, treating them all with equal respect.<ref name=fotomuseumdenhaag /> Rost has created numerous photo portraits that became the iconic images of the major actors, performers, film and theater directors, musicians, writers, artists and liberal public figures of the day. For example, he has photographed poet Bella Akhmadulina, actress Faina Ranevskaya, ballet dancer Galina Ulanova, academician Dmitry Likhachov, and academician Andrei Sakharov.<ref name=expatru /><ref name=russiajournal />
==Life== A native of Kiev, Ukraine, Yuri Rost holds degrees from Leningrad State University and Kiev Institute of Physical Culture.<ref name=afisha /> In 1967–1979, he worked as a special correspondent for the newspaper "Komsomolskaia Pravda".<ref name=fotomuseumdenhaag /> From 1979, he worked as a columnist and photojournalist for the weekly periodical "Literaturnaia Gazeta".<ref name=expatru /> From 1994, he was the author of the TV program "Rost’s Stable" ("Конюшня Юрия Роста"). From 1995, he was a member of the board of trustees of the weekly newspaper "Obshchaya Gazeta". From 1997, he was a columnist and photojournalist for "Moscow News". Currently, Yuri Rost serves on the editorial board and as a columnist for "Novaya Gazeta" in Moscow.<ref name=novayagazeta />
==Books== *{{cite book|title= Ein Blick in meine Sowjetunion|language=de|publisher=Pendo|year=1989|isbn=978-3-85842-158-6|author=Yuri Rost}} *{{cite book|title=Armenian Tragedy: An Eyewitness Account of Human Conflict and Natural Disaster|author=Yuri Rost|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=1990|isbn=978-0-297-79689-3|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/armeniantragedy0000rost}} *{{cite book|title=Групповой портрет на фоне века (Group portrait on the background of the century)|author=Yuri Rost|publisher=AST|location=Moscow|isbn=978-5-17-040758-3|language=ru|year=2007}}<ref name=libex />
==References== {{refbegin}} <references> *<ref name=fotomuseumdenhaag>{{cite web|url=http://www.fotomuseumdenhaag.nl/index.cfm/site/Fotomuseum/pageid/27A68B25-F483-4175-D532C08E762C153D/objectid/F7FD6284-E6B9-75D6-AF4448A5DD8B2DCF/objecttype/mark.apps.fotomuseum.contentobjects.exhibition/|title=Yuri Rost – Mensen zoals door hem gezien en beschreven|work=Fotomuseum Den Haag|language=nl|access-date=2010-06-27}}</ref> *<ref name=expatru>{{cite web|url=http://www.expat.ru/artscalendar.php?topic=4&date=12-2-2009|date=2009-02-12|title=Arts Calendar / February 12 / Exhibitions|work=The Moscow Expat Site|access-date=2010-06-27}}</ref> *<ref name=russiajournal>{{cite web|url=http://www.russiajournal.com/node/12367|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613150256/http://www.russiajournal.com/node/12367|url-status=usurped|archive-date=June 13, 2011|title=Exhibitions – Summing up the century|author=Lyuba Pronina|date=1999-12-21|access-date=2010-06-27}}</ref> *<ref name=novayagazeta>{{cite web|url=http://en.novayagazeta.ru/data/2008/67/06.html|title=Collective Portrait Against The Background Of Age|author=Yuri Rost|date=2008-08-24|work= Novaya Gazeta|access-date=2010-06-27}}</ref> *<ref name=libex>{{cite web|url=http://www.libex.ru/detail/book209050.html|script-title=ru:Рост, Юрий Михайлович – Групповой портрет на фоне века|year=2008|work=LibeX|access-date=2010-06-27|language=ru}}</ref> *<ref name=afisha>{{cite web|url=http://www.afisha.ru/article/yuriy_rost/|author=Irina Meglinskaya|title=Юрий Рост: "Мы выпивали, бузили больше, чем сейчас"|year=2008|work=Афиша|access-date=2010-06-27}}</ref> </references> {{refend}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090420193955/http://www.lookatme.ru/cities/moscow/events/61094 Seven photographs] by Rost on a page about his 2009 exhibition «Групповой портрет» *[http://www.afisha.ru/exhibition/53508/ Video] of exhibition of his photos in Moscow House of Photography, 22 January 2009 – 22 February 2009, including Yuri Rost talking (in Russian)
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