Alfred Fedetsky

Alfred Konstantinovich Fedetsky (Russian: Альфред Константинович Федецкий, 1857, Zhitomir, Russian Empire, now Ukraine, — 21 July 1902, Minsk, Russian Empire, now Belarus) was a prominent Russian photographer and filmmaker of Polish descent, who authored numerous portraits of famous Russian people (Aivazovsky, Tchaikovsky, Ioann of Kronstadt, among many others) as well as members of the Imperial family. He was the personal photographer of Duchess Alexandra Petrovna of Oldenburg.

Alfred Fedetsky
Born
Alfred Konstantinovich Fedetsky
Альфред Константинович Федецкий

1857
Zhitomir, Russian Empire
Died21 July 1902
Minsk, Russian Empire
Occupationphotographer, filmmaker

Working mostly in Kharkov, Fedetsky was also a pioneering cinematographer. His is credited with being the first Russian to shoot the first ever Russian film (the Frenchman Camille Cerf preceded him by four months, with the film of the coronation of Czar Nicholas II at the Kremlin in May 1896) called "The Grand Transfer of the Ozeryanskaya Icon from the Kuryazh Monastery to Kharkov, on 20 September 1896".[1][2][3][4]

References
  1. Вишневський В. Першi кінознімання на Україні // Радянське кіно (Київ). — 1937. — № 7. — С. 63-66
  2. Zhurov, G.V. From the History of the Silent Film in Ukraine // Журов Г. В. Перші кінозйомки і перші демонстрації «синематографа» // З минулого кіно на Україні. К.: АН УРСР, 1959. — С. 10-12
  3. Shimon, O.O. The End of a Legend // Шимон О. О. Закінчення однієі легенди // Сторінки з історії кіно на Україні. К.: Мистецтво, 1964. — С. 16-28
  4. Mislavsky, Vladimir. The Life of the First Russian Film-maker // Миславский В. Н. Альфред Федецкий. К биографии первого российского кинооператора // Киноведческие записки (Москва). — 2006. — № 77. — С. 163—213


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