Galina Kmit
Born
Galina Vasilievna Radysh

(1921-12-16)16 December 1921
Odessa, USSR
Died20 April 2019(2019-04-20) (aged 97)
Moscow, Russia
NationalityUSSR, Russia
Known forPhotography
Movementsoviet art, photojournalism

Galina Vasilievna Kmit (Russian: Галина Васильевна Кмит; 16 December 1921 – 20 April 2019[1]) was a Soviet and Russian photographer, photo artist, photo correspondent.[2] Honored Art worker of the Russian Federation.[3]

Biography

Born in Odessa in the family of Ukrainian writer Vasyl Radysh.[4]

For many years she worked in the APN / RIA Novosti. She was a member of the Union of Cinematographers and Journalists of Russia, an academician, a member of the Russian-Italian Research Academy Ferroni, a corresponding member of the National Academy of Cinematic Arts and Sciences.[3] Yuri Luzhkov, Oleg Tabakov, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Stanislav Govorukhin, Elena Yakovleva, Nikita Mikhalkov and many others became the heroes of her photographs.[3]

Her husband was Leonid Kmit, a Soviet theater and film actor, People’s Artist of the RSFSR. From this marriage, the daughter Irina (born 1948) is a screenwriter, actress, novelist, and journalist.[5]

Valentina Tereshkova giving present to Mr. Camp. Photographed by Galina Kmit

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