Born Chernotsy, Ukraine, USSR December 1948. Lives in Moscow, Russia.
Savelev is one of the most talented photographers to come
out of the “Seventies” underground photography movement. During the
Brezhnev “period of stagnation,” Savelev’s photographs formed a sly
critique on the false humanism of the Soviet official photography of
the day. Savelev was a master at capturing the feelings of listlessness
and boredom of the time. HIs 70s and 80s work did not “affirm the socialist values”
of Soviet photography and were generally banned from publication and
exhibitions.
| Savelev's best work aligns cool formalism with expressive
emotional content in a rich mix he describes as polyphonic. He has been
married to Elena Darikovich since 1980; his wife is also a talented
photographer, though a working as a painter today.
Savelev is best known in the
west for his color-work but his black and white photography is equally
strong. He is a master printer who experiments in many printing
techniques.
Savelev works in many media -
lith prints, silver gelatin prints, pigment inkjet, platinum, and
various color processes including gum bichromate. Most of his early
color work was done using 35mm slide film, later printed as C-prints.
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