Monument to the photographer

Walking along Malaya Sadovaya Street, pay attention to the magnificent bronze steel photograph, which holds a camera mounted on a tripod under the umbrella. Behind her hides a bronze English bulldog, affable smile to guests and residents of the city. The monument was erected in the center of St. Petersburg on January 25, 2001, it was designed by sculptor B. A. Petrov and architect L. V. Domrachev with funds allocated by the city budget. The height of the monument is 2.5 meters.

The place for this elegant sculpture was not chosen by chance, it was here, on Malaya Sadovaya, in the house number 3, from the second half of the twentieth century and until the 1930s, there was a photo studio of Bull - the famous dynasty of photographers. Their works immortalize popular politicians, scientists and artists, as well as some important events in Russian history and masterpieces of unique St. Petersburg architecture, many of which have long been lost.

During the siege, a huge photo window was installed near the monument, in which the photo chronicle was changed weekly. Nowadays, there is a belief in the city that those who are photographed under the right hand with a bronze photographer, and then take him by the pinky, will find financial well-being and luck in all endeavors.