The Soviet Photobook 1920-1941

Born in 1953, Mikhail Karasik is an artist, publisher, curator of numerous exhibitions of book art, as well as the author of books and articles on the history of the Soviet photobook and the Russian avant-garde culture of the early twentieth century.Karasik is one of the leading creators of artists' books in Russia and internationally. His works are held in the collections of major museums and libraries including the Russian State Museum, the State Tretyakov Gallery, the Centre Pompidou, the British Library, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Gutenberg-Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Library of Congress, the Getty Research Institute and the Art Institute of Chicago. Karasik livesin Saint Petersburg.Manfred Heiting is a collector, designer, curator and editor. Hisextensive career in photography includes director of design atPolaroid International, editorial director at American Express andcofounder of Fotografie Forum Frankfurt, FOAM-Fotomuseum Amsterdam and project director of Deutsches Centrum für Fotografie, Berlin. He has curated over fifty exhibitions and designed, edited or published over forty books on photography. He established the Photographic Study Program at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, and is a founding member of the Getty Museum Photographs Council.