#communist rules

The official Soviet photography of 1970-1980 was under total ideological control. The Soviet photographer was forbidden to take pictures of normal everyday life, not to mention dirty yards and garbage, drunks and beggars, queues in the shops. The ideologically correct picture was supposed to record the 'heroes of socialist labor' and the 'labor feats' of the Soviet people and their daily enthusiasm. Against this background Masha Ivashintsova photographs stand out as an artistic and documentary record of the real, everyday life of the Soviet people, without socialist grandeur.