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    This photo, taken August, 1933, was used to illustrate “My Journey Through Famine-Stricken Russia,” (February 24, 1934, p.17), the first of two articles by Whiting Williams that ran in a London weekl

    This photo, taken August, 1933, was used to illustrate “My Journey Through Famine-Stricken Russia,” (February 24, 1934, p.17), the first of two articles by Whiting Williams that ran in a London weekl

    This photo, taken August, 1933, was used to illustrate “Why Russia is Hungry,” (March 3, 1934, p.3), the second of two articles by Whiting Williams that ran in a London weekly titled Answers. The ori

    The original photo, taken in August 1933, is now missing. However, it was edited and used to illustrate “Why Russia is Hungry,” (March 3, 1934, p.3), the second of two articles by Whiting Williams th

    This photo, taken August, 1933, was used to illustrate “My Journey Through Famine-Stricken Russia,” (February 24, 1934, p.17), the first of two articles by Whiting Williams that ran in a London weekl

    Photo source: Wienerberger, Alexander. Das Arbeiterparadies. U.d.S.S.R. (also known as the Red Album). Unpublished and undated album in the private collection of Samara Pearce. p.15a. For related pho

    Members of the Bokan family gather near the gate to their home as Vladimir Bokan leaves for a separate residence. Vladimir was urged to leave and become self-sufficient by his father, Nikolai Bokan.

    Nikolai Bokan and his son (likely Boris) are seen preparing buckets of water outside of their family home as a precautionary measure against threats from Bokan’s son Vladimir that he would set the ho

    The Bokan family marks one year of Boris Bokan’s imprisonment for opposing conscription into the Soviet Army. The Bokan family is seen seated at a table covered in a cloth, on which cups and saucers

    Boris Bokan (centre) is visited by his father, Nikolai Bokan (right), and brother Lev-Leonid (left) in prison, where he had spent over a year as punishment for opposing conscription into the Soviet A

    The photo features a window in the Bokan family house, broken by Vladimir Bokan. Vladimir was aggrieved that his father, Nikolai Bokan, had forced him to leave the family home to become self-sufficie

    The photo features Nikolai Bokan standing beside the broken gate to his property. The gate was vandalized by two collective farm workers who would not pay Bokan for his photography services and force

    Boris Bokan returns home after his seventeen-month imprisonment for opposing conscription into the Soviet Army. Boris stands in front of the gate to the family property, carrying a sack over his shou

    The photo features the Bokan family sharing a meager meal to mark the departure of Konstantin Bokan. As his parents were struggling to provide for their large family during the famine, Konstantin was

    Boris and Nikolai Bokan pose on two chairs in front of a backdrop that features a lighthouse. Nikolai holds Leo Tolstoy’s "A Cycle of Readings." He claimed this book had served as a foundation for hi

    Nikolai Bokan and his two sons are pictured seated at a desk, preparing a memorandum. The purpose of the memorandum is unclear, although the date of the photo falls within the week prior to Konstanti

    A son of Nikolai Bokan is pictured sitting in a field in June 1933. Bokan writes that this was the spot where Konstantin Bokan had died of starvation only a few hours earlier. In the few months prior

    The body of Konstantin Bokan lies in a straw-filled coffin filled with his head leaning on a pillow. Konstantin died of starvation in June 1933. In the few months prior to his death, he had been work

    The photo depicts the funeral of Konstantin Bokan. Members of the Bokan family, and possibly other mourners, stand behind the horse-drawn cart carrying Konstantin’s body and coffin. It is unclear whe

    The photo features Nikolai Bokan standing next to the grave of his son, Konstantin, who died of starvation. In the few months prior to his death, he had been working on a collective farm where he was