Selected dates:

1960

The Minsk Photo Club was created at a general meeting of the city's amateur photographers, announced in the Znamya Yunosti newspaper. Vasily Kuprevich, academician, president of the Academy of Sciences of the BSSR, was elected honorary chairman of the photo club. Isaak Soloveychik, one of the oldest photographers, became the artistic director of the amateur photography of the city, the inspirer of the movement. The material and technical base of the photo club "Minsk" from the first days until 1991 was the Minsk Regional Council of Trade Unions, in the premises of which at st. Kozlova, 2 conducted and conducts its activities created by the team.

1970

The club took a course on the development of the creative direction in the work of the authors. An engineer, and later a photojournalist, Evgeny Kozyulya, who fruitfully works in the field of artistic photography, was elected chairman of the board. Changes were made in the aesthetics of the exhibitions organized by the club.

At the same time, Y. Vasiliev and E. Kozyulya formulated the conceptual foundations of the inter-club exhibitions of art photography "Photography-71". “Photography-71” was considered as a creative work of multinational Soviet amateur photography, and at the level of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions it was decided to make this exhibition traditional with an announced frequency of first 2 years (“Photography-73”, “Photography-75”), and then 3 years (“Photography -78" and "Photography-81"). On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of photography, the Minsk Photo Club organized the last exhibition in the series, Photographics-89.

1978

Yuri Vasiliev was elected chairman of the photo club, and for the first time the functions of chairman and artistic director were combined.

1979

Photo club "Minsk" for fruitful and creative activity in the field of artistic photography was awarded the title of "People's Amateur Collective". By this time, several generations of photographers organically united in the club: N. Boytsov, V. Nekhaychik, E. Kozyulya, Yu. Vasiliev, V. Butra, M. Trenina, A. Dudkin, V. Lobko, M. Zhilinsky, A. Birilko , Ya. Metelitsa, A. Lisovsky, V. Short, S. Levih, I. Mogilyansky, and others.

1985

At the second "All-Union Review of Amateur Photographers" in Minsk, dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the Victory, the photo club "Minsk" becomes the winner of the review, having received a diploma of the 1st degree. Club members Yuri Vasiliev, Evgeny Kozyulya, Vladimir Parfyonok also became laureates.

1981–1986

The training studio under the direction of M. Zhilinsky, and then Valery Lobko, was actively working, where more than 50 amateur photographers were trained. Among the most famous graduates of the studio are Y. Elizarovich, E. Koktysh, V. Latushkin, Vladimir Parfenok, Galina Moskaleva, M. Garus, I. Petrovich, Vladimir Shakhlevich, Sergey Kozhemyakin, S. Kochergin. On the basis of the satellite club "Panorama" in 1985-1987. a training studio worked under the direction of Y. Elizarovich. Among the graduates of this studio are V. Sedykh, V. Zhuravkov, V. Sibrikov, A. Pavlyuts, V. Kartul. In the period from 1999 to 2001, on the basis of the Minsk photo club, a training studio was operating under the direction of A. Tsekhanovich and V. Zhuravkov. Among the graduates of this studio are A. Kolesnikov, E. Gurtovaya, A. Voskresensky, Egor Voynov.

The photography club was an active participant in "circular" exchanges with the country's clubs. The collection of 4 authors had the greatest success: V. Butra, V. Goncharenko, M. Zhilinsky, Evgeny Kozyulya.

1989–1990

The Photoclub took an active part in the creation of the Union of Photographers of Belarus. Valery Lobko, a member of the Minsk photo club, was elected Chairman of the Union. Due to the lack of material and technical base and any support from the state, the Union soon ceased its activities.

2002

Yu. Vasiliev, N. Evmenenko, Evgeniy Kozyulya, V. Sibrikov, V. Suglob, S. Kochergin represent the photoclub in various governing bodies.

2003

The Belarusian public association "Photoart" was created.

Currently, the photo club unites about 40 photographers, both amateur and professional photographers.

2004–2014

Evgeny Kozyulya was again the chairman of the club.

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Notes:[1] site materials minsk.tmltd.b.

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Links:
Photoclub website .