Galina Kmit | |
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| Born | Galina Vasilievna Radysh 16 December 1921 |
| Died | 20 April 2019 (aged 97) |
| Nationality | USSR, Russia |
| Known for | Photography |
| Movement | soviet art, photojournalism |
Galina Vasilievna Kmit (Russian: Галина Васильевна Кмит; 16 December 1921 – 20 April 2019[1]) was a Soviet and Russian photographer, photo artist, photo correspondent.[2] Honored Art worker of the Russian Federation.[3]
Born in Odessa in the family of Ukrainian writer Vasyl Radysh.[4]
For many years she worked in the APN / RIA Novosti. She was a member of the Union of Cinematographers and Journalists of Russia, an academician, a member of the Russian-Italian Research Academy Ferroni, a corresponding member of the National Academy of Cinematic Arts and Sciences.[3] Yuri Luzhkov, Oleg Tabakov, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Stanislav Govorukhin, Elena Yakovleva, Nikita Mikhalkov and many others became the heroes of her photographs.[3]
Her husband was Leonid Kmit, a Soviet theater and film actor, People’s Artist of the RSFSR. From this marriage, the daughter Irina (born 1948) is a screenwriter, actress, novelist, and journalist.[5]
