When most of the Soviet photo journalists were filming in black and white, Semyon Friedland was shooting in full color. He was the main photo editor of the big Soviet magazine, Ogoniok. Here are some of his works. Most are taken in the 1950s. The first one is “Morning in the village”.

Breakfast in a Ukrainian village.

Harvesting wheat crops in Ukraine.

Professors in Moscow’s energy institute.

Traditional dance in Kabardino balkaria.

Foster care teachers with their kids.

Young high building construction workers.

Pacific Navy sailor.

Admiral Gorshkov in a uniform. Crimea, Sevastopol 1954.

Harvesting wheat.

Worker in Kazan river port. 1950.

Harvesting tomatoes in Moscow. 1950.

Harvesting wheat 1950.

Young people camping in the mountains, near Kislovodsk, 1950.

Woman captain on the Volga river, Kazan, 1950.

Sand quarry in Kazakhstan.

Sailor of the Baltic Fleet.

In a studio. Moscow, 1950.

Valentina, crane operator in Kazan river port.

Ukrainian village. 1950.

Nizhniy Tagil, 1954