MOSCOW HOUSE OF PHOTOGRAPHY
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Address:
Ostozhenka St., 16 |
Officially the Moscow House of Photography was founded
in 1996 although the arrangements were started two years earlier when
the first "International Month of Photography" had been organized.
The Moscow House of Photography became the first Russian
museum fully and thoroughly representing the development and the present
state of the photographic art in Russia. The unique Museum has chosen
the unusual for Russian museums strategy of festivals and broad scale
projects that has turned out to be a success. In a few years hundreds
of interesting exhibitions were held, they made the House of Photography
popular and one of the most visited museum of the Russian capital. Such
large-scale festivals as "Photobiennale" and "Fashion
and Style in Photography" have become traditional and won international
status.
The Moscow House of Photography is not only an exhibition
center but also a museum. Thus, alongside with the exhibitions representing
the works of modern photographers, exhibitions of old prints and the
works of the early 20th century masters are regularly held. 
The European House of Photography located in Paris
served as a model for its Moscow analogue. Owing to the cooperation
of the Moscow House of Photography with this and other European photographic
establishments, large-scale international projects and exhibitions of
foreign photographic masterpieces have become possible after decades
of isolation behind the iron curtain.
In the premises of the Moscow House of Photography
the first photo library was established. There one can get Russian and
foreign books on the technique, history and art of photography, photograph
albums, exhibition catalogues, reference books and encyclopedias.
