The subject of the research is the biography and creative heritage of S. I. Borisov, one of the best photographers of Barnaul at the beginning of the XX century. His archive, which is kept in the AGCM, includes materials of photo-expeditions in the Altai in 1907-1914. The analysis of photos allows you to recreate the image of a multi-ethnic region in all its diversity of cultures and traditions. Keywords: history of photography in Russia, local history, history and ethnography of Altai, photographers of Barnaul, creative heritage of S. I. Borisov. Soon after the invention of photography in 1839, its development began in Russia. Here photography developed rapidly and was inseparable from the local history movement that was formed during the XIX century. In Siberia, the ideology of local lore was largely determined by the movement of regionalism( oblastnichestvo), whose leaders insisted on the worthy place of the eastern suburbs in the structure of the Russian Empire. One of the founders of oblastnichestvo, a researcher of Central Asia and Siberia, G. N. Potanin, developed a project in 1874, which he called "concentric homeland studies". Its essence consisted in describing the small homeland in concentric circles: the first circle - geography and human life in small loci, the second - the region in physical and social terms, the third - Russia. In the development of homeland studies, a special place was given to images of territories. From the moment of its appearance in Russia, photography was considered as a tool for describing the country, its provinces and inhabitants. Among the centers supporting photography were: Ethnographic Bureau of kn. Tenishev Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography. Peter the Great, the Russian Museum, established by the Decree of Emperor Nicholas II in 1895 and opened in 1898, etc. The first local history photo sessions in Russia were performed in the 1870s and 1890s. The Russian Geographical Society highly appreciated the possibilities of ... Читать далее