Gritsyuk, Victor Petrovich

Viktor Petrovich was born on August 26, 1949 in the city of Odessa , Ukraine ^[1] .

After serving in the army, Victor started a family and moved to Moscow with her in 1971 ^[2] . At first he worked in Moscow as an artist in the Palace of Pioneers.

Since 1971 he worked in the publishing house " Planet " as an art editor, where he first encountered a photograph ^[2] . It was here that he began his photo career. Since 1975 he became a free photographer ^[1] . In 1978, Viktor Petrovich graduated from the faculty of photojournalism of the Moscow Institute of Journalistic Excellence ^[1] .

In 1980, he became a member of the Moscow City Committee of Graphic Artists, in 1987 - a member of the Union of Journalists of Russia , and in 1991 a member of the Union of Photographers of Russia ^[1] .

From 1991, until his death, he headed the photo service in the Russian historical journal of the Government of the Russian Federation and the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation “Rodina” ^[1] .

Since 1996, a member of the Association of Advertising Photographers of Russia.

In 2006, Viktor Petrovich was diagnosed with cancer . In 2007, he underwent chemotherapy and was preparing for surgery ^[3] .

On May 23, 2009, in the hospital No. 68, Victor Gritsyuk died after almost three years of suffering from a cancer tumor ^[3] . May 27 was buried at the Zherebyevsky cemetery ( Zherebyatievo village, Domodedovo district, Moscow region) ^[4] .

Gritsyuk has been published in many journals, among which ^[1] :

• " Prospects "
• Cuba
• " Latin America "
• Sputnik
• " Soviet photo "
• " Czech photo "
• " Soviet woman "
• " Interlocutor "
• " Spark "
• " Homeland "
• " La urss "
• " Life "
• " Newsweek "
• " Time "
• New York Times Magazine
• " Taller "
• Daily Telegraph Magazine
• US News and World Report
• " Figaro Magazine "
• Belle Europe
• Business Week
• Adweek-Magazine
• " Point de Vie "
• Guardian
• " Observer "
• " Around the world "
• " Worker "
• " Russian "
• " Geo "

Author photo albums ^[1] :

• Kizhi (Karpovan Sizarekset, Petrozavodsk, 1994)
• "White Nights Voyage" (Flint River Press, London, 1996).

Photos in albums and books ^[1]

• "Russia"
• "Kazakhstan"
• Chemobyl
• "Moscow"
• Images of Russia (Flint River, UK 1995-1997)
• “Les matins du Monde” (Les Syrtes Images, Paris, 2001)
• Russian Album (Moscow 2002)
• Yaroslavl (Moscow, 2010)

• “Portrait and landscape”, Moscow. 1979.
• "Youth KMA", Moscow, Stary Oskol. 1982.
• Cuba’s National Ballet Moscow, Havana, Orel, Petrozavodsk, Vilnius. 1983.
• "Poets, writers and artists of Latin America", Moscow. 1983.
• “Karelia in the Heart”, Moscow, Petrozavodsk. 1984.
• “Studies on Turgenev”, Spasskoye-Lutovinovo, Orel, Moscow, Paris. 1985.
• Fragments −1, Moscow. 1986.
• “Kizhi Island”, Petrozavodsk, Alaska, USA. 1989.
• "The Holy Island of Valaam", Moscow. 1990.
• "Fragments - 2" Petrozavodsk. 1991.
• "My Russia", Spasskoye-Lutovinovo. 1992.
• “Images of Russia”, Duluth, USA. 1992.
• "A pebble sliding on the water", Moscow, 2007.

• Obituary: Victor Petrovich Gritsyuk (08.26.1949-23.05.2009)
• Victor Gritsyuk in LiveJournal
• Official website of Victor Petrovich Gritsyuk