Honest photographer (1994)

Photos of historical buildings and places in Moscow, old estates, taken by Igor Palmin.

Editions of Palmin's thematic photo albums, behind the scenes Palmin talks about his life, about the methods of his work.

View of part of the Melnikov house in scaffolding.

Photos of the interiors of the Melnikov house, taken by Palmin.

People in an underground passage.

A young man plays the oboe in an underground passage.

A girl on the steps of an underground passage waiting for a meeting.

Traffic and pedestrians on busy streets in the city center.

View of one of Moscow's side streets.

Palmin walks along the street, choosing a place to shoot.

The building and fence of one of the monasteries.

The face of Palmin smoking a cigarette.

Panorama of a block of residential buildings and mansions built in the Art Nouveau style.

Photos of buildings on the embankments of the Moscow River, streets and buildings of Moscow, taken by Palmin.

Fragment of a building in the Art Nouveau style.

Photos of trees in city parks, on the streets.

Palmin works in a photo lab, printing photographs.

The process of printing a photograph.

A photograph of the colonnade of one of the buildings.

Photographs of the columns of the Kazan Cathedral in St.

Petersburg.

Photographs of fragments of columns of various styles.

Photographs of architectural decorations of buildings and cast-iron fences taken by Palmin.

Photographs of architectural monuments of Checheno-Ingushetia taken by Palmin.

Photographs of adults and children - residents of Checheno-Ingushetia.

Palmin's first photographs in a photo album.

Palmin lays out the photographs on the surface of the table, examines them.

Photographs laid out on the table.

Souvenirs on a shelf in Palmin's apartment.

Photo portraits of Palmin.

Photographs of people taken by Palmin.

Photo portraits of Palmin and photographs he took on the wall of the room.

View of the stairs in an old residential building, the artist's studio on the upper landing.

Young artists in the studio.

Photographs by I. Palmin on easels (panorama).

Art critic Elizaveta Plavinskaya talks about the fates of Moscow artists, the influence of foreign art on their work, Plavinsky's friendship with Moscow and Leningrad artists (synchronously and off-screen), faces of young artists, studio interiors.

Photographs taken by Palmin on easels (panorama).

Students listen to Plavinskaya.

A jazz ensemble plays on the landing.

Traffic on city streets.

View of a building in the Art Nouveau style.

Palmin sets up a tripod on the lawn in front of the house, gets ready to take photos, his story about the influence of artists on his work and his goals is heard off-screen.

Palmin sets the shutter speed and exposure, taking photos.

Photograph of the building taken by Palmin.

Palmin, sitting at a table behind a windowpane in his home, cleans and wipes the lens of his camera.

Photograph of a residential building at sunset, with glowing windows.