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Soviet Union Photographer Captured Public Nudity When Such Images Were Illegal

Soviet Union Photographer Captured Public Nudity When Such Images Were Illegal

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Two black-and-white portraits: On the left, a man, woman, and young child sit close together among leaves. On the right, a woman sits on grass holding a young child; both are partially undressed, posing in a natural outdoor setting.

When photographer Nikolay Bakharev was born in the Soviet Union in the late 1940s, he entered a strict world where artistic expression was tightly regulated.

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