Zimmerli Museum Explores Soviet Photography in ’70s and ’80s – NYTimes.com

American visitors to “Four Perspectives Through the Lens: Soviet Art Photography in the 1970s-1980s,” an exhibition at the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, may be surprised to discover that photography was not officially considered art in the former Soviet Union. It was regarded as a documentary tool at the service of Communist Party propaganda.

Link: Art Review – New Jersey – Zimmerli Museum Explores Soviet Photography in ’70s and ’80s – NYTimes.com