Morath, Inge. In Russia by Inge Morath. With dust jacket.

Viking Press, 1969. 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. This copy is cloth, near fine, with signature of previous owner on front flyleaf dated 1969, and protected very good dust jacket with small spots of edge wear. With clipping, review from the New York Times Book Review, laid in.

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.”