
1/8Exhibition "Beginning". Dom Kino (House of Cinema), 1989, Minsk. Photograph from series "Red Square" by Vladimir Shaklevich. Courtesy: Vladimir Shaklevich

1/8Exhibition "Beginning". Dom Kino (House of Cinema), Minsk, 1989. Photograph from series "Neformali" by Galina Moskalyova. Courtesy: Galina Moskalyova

1/8Exhibition "Beginning". Dom Kino (House of Cinema), Minsk, 1989. Sergey Kozhemyakin, "Glasnost", photograph. 1987. Courtesy: Sergey Kozhemyakin

1/8Exhibition "Beginning". Dom Kino (House of Cinema), Minsk, 1989.
"Transformation of an Image" by Sergey Kozhemyakin. 1988. Courtesy: Sergey Kozhemyakin

1/8Exhibition "Beginning". Dom Kino (House of Cinema), Minsk, 1989. Photograph from series "Persona non grata" by Uladzimir Parfianok. 1988/93. Courtesy: Uladzimir Parfianok.

1/8Exhibition "Beginning". Dom Kino (House of Cinema), Minsk, 1989. Photography from series "Persona non grata" by Uladzimir Parfianok. 1988/93. Courtesy: Uladzimir Parfianok.

1/8Exhibition "Beginning". Dom Kino (House of Cinema), 1989, Minsk. Photograph from series "Red Square" by Vladimir Shaklevich. Courtesy: Vladimir Shaklevich

1/8Exhibition "Beginning". Dom Kino (House of Cinema), 1989, Minsk. Photograph from series "Elections" by Galina Moskalyova. Courtersy: Galina Moskalyova.
Their photographic works demonstrated an approach to photography as a form of contemporary visual art that inherited the experimental and innovative traditions of avant-garde art.
“Beginning” was one of the most significant Belarusian photography exhibitions in the ‘80s. The show presented work by Valery Lobko’s students. Lobko was a prominent teacher of experimental photography, and ran workshops on creative photography between 1981–86.
Concurrently, informal, creative associations of self-taught photographers such as Pravintsyia, Meta, Bielaruski Klimat, and Panorama started exhibiting between 1987–91.
Date: 1989
Participants: Galina Moskaleva, Vladimir Shakhlevich, Uladzimir Parfianok, Sergey Kozhemyakin and others.
Location: House of Cinema (Dom Kino), Minsk