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The cover of SOVIET LIFE from April 1988. The cover features a conceptual dream of a joint Soviet-American mission to Mars. A 10x14 glossy... more
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The cover of SOVIET LIFE from April 1988. The cover features a conceptual dream of a joint Soviet-American mission to Mars. A 10x14 glossy production, Soviet Life depicted the arts, science, and culture of a world held in deep suspicion by the West.
In 1956, the American and Soviet governments agreed to exchange magazines and "Amerika" was reborn and published in return for distribution of "The USSR" in the United States.
The simultaneous appearance of these magazines was the result of an intergovernmental agreement, one among several cross-cultural agreements designed to sow trust amidst the rancour of international politics. Still, there was never any question in anyone's mind that each magazine was intended as a propaganda tool for the government issuing and publishing it.
A few years later, The USSR changed its name to "Soviet Life". While never a blatant Soviet propaganda tool, Soviet Life did hew to the government line. Yet it sought to present an informed view of R...
As a kid I was fascinated with photographs. Look, Life magazine. National Geographic. That well-captured interplay of light and shadow...the notion of people, places and moments - all suspended in time. My first "real" camera was a Minolta Srt101. I was seduced. As a teenager, I learned how to develop film while working at Wyle Laboratories in El Segundo, and I still recall the smell of the developer...my eyes adjusting to the red filter light...and the sheer magic and delight of watching images begin to emerge. Life, family and a career as a teacher and psychologist intervened, not to mention a few more film cameras. Eventually, there was digital. Hah! Liberation! Photography is the creative medium that allows me to share...
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Jim Love
This is just so very, very cool...I love it
Joe Schofield replied:
👍🏼 Thanks, Jim !
Fine Art by Alexandra
Very nice capture
Joe Schofield replied:
Thx
Colleen Cornelius
Wonderful work
Joe Schofield replied:
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Jessica Brown
Well done.
Joe Schofield replied:
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Steve Henderson
So many things written, so many promises and ideas. It's a good thing to go into the past and see what was said then. It gives perspective to what is being said now.
Joe Schofield replied:
Thank you for the thoughtful comment Steve !
Becky Miller
Nice piece of history there.
Rob Hemphill
Excellent work!
Joe Schofield replied:
Thanks!
Chance Kafka
this is really cool - your description was fun to read!
Joe Schofield replied:
Thank you, Chance !
Jennifer White
Great work!
Joe Schofield replied:
Thanks Jennifer !
Stuart Litoff
Very cool find!
Joe Schofield replied:
Thanks Stuart !
Alexandra's Photography
Great image of the cover page
Joe Schofield replied:
Thanks !
Dana Hardy
Nice work
Joe Schofield replied:
Thanks !
Fei A
Wonderful work Joe !
Joe Schofield replied:
Thank you a Fei !
Claudia Moeckel
great work
Joe Schofield replied:
Thanks !
Aimee L Maher ALM GALLERY
Great!
Luther Fine Art
Nice find !
Joe Schofield replied:
Thx!
Allen Beatty
Great history !!
Joe Schofield replied:
Indeed!
Denise Harty
Wonderful vintage piece! I've never heard of this magazine, or of the country swaps. Good stories! L/F
Joe Schofield replied:
Thanks for that, Denise !
Lisa Wooten
Very nice. l/f
Joe Schofield replied:
Thx !
Laurel Adams
Joe, thanks for the nod to history ...which is either being re-written or forgotten in this ...moment in time...
Joe Schofield replied:
Understood. Thx, Laurel !
Neal Nealis
Very interesting cover pic and background story. Never knew this existed back in the day. Thanks!
Joe Schofield replied:
Thank yo7 Neal !
Jim Cook
Joe, I always read to the end lol. Read with interest about the history of this magazine and also of your history. Australia must have been a bit of an adventure!
Joe Schofield replied:
And I appreciate that, Jim ! Australia...yeah. It was a definitive chapter in my life.
BASANT SONI
Gracious presentation with beauity of subject + L f
Joe Schofield replied:
🤭 thx, Basant !
Joan Carroll
great vintage cover!
Joe Schofield replied:
Thanks!