America Through A Soviet Lens
Life in the United States as captured by Soviet photographers
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A visitor to the 1959 Soviet expo in New York. An information battle was among the most pervasive elements of the Cold War.
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Homelessness captured on the streets of New York in 1981.
While visits from American photojournalists to the Soviet Union tended to be tightly controlled, Soviet photographers were largely free to roam U.S. streets.
While visits from American photojournalists to the Soviet Union tended to be tightly controlled, Soviet photographers were largely free to roam U.S. streets.
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The results, as seen in the photo archive of Soviet (now Russian) news agency TASS, provide a fascinating insight into how America was portrayed to the Soviet public.
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An antiwar protester in Santa Cruz, California, in 1988.
