Translated material
Settle of American Magic in Soviet Siberia
Photos of Nathan Farba, Novosibirsk, 1977
"Soviet people are a little different from us." Under such a heading, the newspaper New York Times in 1977 published a photo report by Nathan Farba, who visited Novosibirsk as a member of the cultural exchange program between the USSR and the USA. Superpower, leading the Cold War, from time to time sent each other not only threats, but also the “pigeons of the world” - artists, writers, artists. The exhibition dedicated to the American lifestyle gave the Siberians a unique chance to look at the iron curtain through the eyes of the best photographers of America. Nathan Farb showed at the exhibition the very last achievement of Western photographic equipment at that time - the Polarid camera. Visitors could withdraw this camera and immediately get their portrait as a gift. Few people knew that the magical polaroid not only instantly prints pictures, but also retains images on ordinary photography, which, then, with great precautions and secretly from the KGB officers, were transported to the United States. Show more Show Less
"Soviet people are a little different from us." Under such a heading, the newspaper New York Times in 1977 published a photo report by Nathan Farba, who visited Novosibirsk as a member of the cultural exchange program between the USSR and the USA. Superpower, leading the Cold War, from time to time sent each other not only threats, but also the “pigeons of the world” - artists, writers, artists. The exhibition dedicated to the American lifestyle gave the Siberians a unique chance to look at the iron curtain through the eyes of the best photographers of America. Nathan Farb showed at the exhibition the very last achievement of Western photographic equipment at that time - the Polarid camera. Visitors could withdraw this camera and immediately get their portrait as a gift. Few people knew that the magical polaroid not only instantly prints pictures, but also retains images on ordinary photography, which, then, with great precautions and secretly from the KGB officers, were transported to the United States. Show more Show Less