בידספיריט | נכס Photo. Review by Emperor Nicholas | 29/11/2020 | The Arc

Photo. Review by Emperor Nicholas II of the Dragoon regiment on the field of Mars. - St. Petersburg, Russia. 1908-1917. Format: 22 x 14.5 cm Excellent condition; on the back is a stamp of the photo-workshop of K. Bulla. Original photos of the beginning of the 20th century from the collection of the KGB General. Years in the ownership of the Ark auction. [Karl Karlovich Bulla (1855-1929)-portrait photographer and master of documentary photography, who went down in history as the ”father of Russian photo reportage”. In 1875, Karl Bulla opened his own photo Studio, which at the beginning of the XX century was located in the building of the Passage on Nevsky, and in 1908 he acquired a photo Studio on Nevsky, 54 [48]. Since 1897, photos of Karl Bulla have been published in the mass and popular magazine ”Niva”. Since that time, his name has become known throughout the Russian Empire. After 1916, Karl Bulla passed his photography business to his sons, and settled on the island of Saaremaa, where he died in 1929.]