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Nastyukov also received the title of the photographer
of His Highness Crown Prince Alexander (the future
czar Alexander III).
In the 1870s, Nastyukov photographed the views of
Moscow and its suburbs. In the village of Borodino,
where in 1812 the great battle of the Russian troops
against the army of Napoleon took place, the photog-
rapher captured images of the peasant life. In 1879,
Nastyukov photographed the fl ood which took place in
Moscow in April. The album of these photographs was
given to the Moscow general-governor V. Dolgorukov.
At the moment the album is in the collection of the State
Russian Library.
In 1883, he made a series of photographs under the
following title “Groups of foremen from all over Russia
taking part in the celebration of crowning of the Royal
Highness in May of 1883.” This album is comprised of
512 portraits. It was purchased into the collection of the
Emperor’s Public library. Photographic ideas introduced
by Nastyukov were taken up and developed by some
other prominent Russian photographers, such as Andrey
Karelin and Maksim Dmitriev.
Since 1865, Karelin worked in Nastyukov’s studio.
By that time Karelin was already fond of photography
and had retouching experience. In Nastyukov’s studio
he learned the technology of the photographic processes
during the time when Nastyukov was busy making
photographs of Volga views. Karelin’s works on Volga
comprised his famous “Nizshni Novgorod” album. This
experience would provide Karelin the knowledge to
open his own studio in future.
In 1873 Maksim Dmitriev, who was then fi fteen years
old, became Nastyukov’s apprentice. In Russia the ado-
lescents were often taken to various workshops to study
crafts. There they usually did hard work. In Nastyukov’s
studio, Dmitriev became exceptional familiar with the
technology of the photographic processes. Once he
became a well-known photographer, he developed his
teacher’s ideas in the album called “Volga series.”
Nastyukov was a prominent fi gure in Russian pho-
tography at its start, but there are unfortunately very
few reference sources on his life and work, most of
them nowadays are lost. In the photographic circles
of his time Nastyukow was considered an important
photographer. Thus his failures were always noticed. In
the beginning of the 1880s there came a new generation
of Russian photographers. It was probably diffi cult for
Nastyukov to compete with them. The last mentioning
of his studio work to be found in literature is dated from
the year 1883.
He was one of the pioneers of the full-scale outdoor
photography. It is also worth mentioning that in his work
he used and developed purely photographic expressive
means.
Alexei LoginovBiography
Mikchail Petrovich Nastyukov had a studio in Moscow
since 1862. He worked at the Nizshni Novgorod fair
since 1869. In 1866—67s he made an album of photo-
graphs called “Views of Volga from Tver’ to Kazan’.”
Nastyukov worked in Simbirsk and Nizshni Novgorod,
and acted as an accompanying photographer to the Great
Prince Alexander Alexandrovich and his wife during
their trip throughout Russia. Nastyukov received the
title of the photographer of His Highness Crown Prince
Alexander (the future czar Alexander III). Nastyukov
was one of the fi rst in Russia to successfully complete
a full-scale outdoor photo-session employing purely
photographic expressive means.Further Reading
Russian Photography. Edited by N. Rakchmanov, M., Planeta,
1996.
Russische Photographie 1840–1940. Ars Nicolai GmbH., Berlin,
1993.
Horoshilov, P. ,and A.Loginov, The Masterpieces of the Pho-
tography from Private Collections. Russian Photography
1849–1918, Punctum 20036.NATTERER, JOSEPH (1819–1862) AND
JOHANN (1821–1900)
The Natterer brothers belonged to a dynasty of Muse-
ums curators, which fostered their scientifi c activity,
particularly in the Dienst der Naturalien-Kabinette des
kaiserlichen Hofes, now the Naturhistorisches Museum
in Vienna. Their grandfather had worked there, and their
father Josef Natterer as well as his brother Johann Nat-
terer (1787–1843), who traveled to Brazil.
Joseph and Johann Natterer began their career at the
Institut as Assistenzkuratoren. Joseph and Johan were
involved with photography for a short time, but during
that time, they created a new photochemical sensitiza-
tion process for the daguerreotype (iodine bromine chlo-
rine mixture) around 1841. Their accelerated process,
and a camera using the fast lens computed by Josef
Petzval in 1840, resulted some of the earliest known
“instantaneous” pictures (street scene with fi gures)
with exposures of possibly less than one second. This
innovation took place in the Fürstenhofrunde in Vienna,
a club established by scientists, technicians, the medical
profession, artists, and pioneers of photography. This
club enabled the progressive orientation of photographic
culture in Austria during the nineteenth century, which
was extraordinarily important.
Maren GröningBiography
Joseph Natterer was born on 23 May 1819 in Vienna.