Morath, Inge. In Russia by Inge Morath.

Viking Press, 1969. Hardcover in cloth, near fine, no dust jacket. Inge Morath was one of the first women photographers associated with Magnum, the photographer's cooperative agency founded by Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and other well known photographers. She teamed up with famous playwright and husband Arthur Miller (at one time married to Marilyn Monroe) to produce this fine book. This is an "inside" look at the Soviet Union during a period when relatively few foreign visitors went there. Morath and Miller traveled widely to Moscow, Leningrad, Novgorod, Samarkand, Tashkent, etc. They visited the home of Tolstoy and other sites associated with famous writers, including Osip Mandelshtam, Maxim Gorky, and others. Here are also Miller's accounts of, and Morath's portraits of, contemporary Russian authors, including Evgeny Yevtushenko and his wife Galia; Iosip (Joseph) Brodsky, and others. A wonderful book, one of a series of photo/text books that Miller and Morath produced. 

 Inge Morath (1923–2002) was an Austrian-born photographer and pioneer of photojournalism best known as one of the first full female members of the prestigious Magnum Photos agency. Initially working as a writer and translator in post-WWII Europe, Morath joined Magnum in 1949 as an editor and researcher before taking up the camera herself under the mentorship of Ernst Haas and Henri Cartier-Bresson, officially becoming a full member in 1955. Over a prolific multi-decade career, her polyglot abilities and deep cultural curiosity enabled her to produce intimate photo-essays across Europe, the Middle East, the Soviet Union, China, and the United States. Renowned for her candid portraits of artists and intellectuals—such as Saul Steinberg, Marilyn Monroe, and her eventual husband, playwright Arthur Miller—Morath captured human subjects with remarkable warmth, psychological depth, and understated humor, leaving behind an influential body of work that bridged classic documentary reporting with fine-art portraiture.

About the book: “This volume features photographic portraits of Russian artists, writers, workers; scenes of everyday life; architecture and cityscapes; as well as landscapes of striking beauty. Text describes trips that Morath and Miller took to the Soviet Union and contains quotations from Russia's leading writers. Morath (1923-2002) was a member of Magnum since 1955. Miller (1915-2005) was a playwright and author. They were married in 1962. Photographs by Inge Morath; text by Arthur Miller. 240 pages; profusely illustrated with b&w and 12 color plates; 8 x 9.5 inches. Printed in gravure.”