Alfred Fedetsky


Alfred Konstantinovich Fedetsky was a prominent Russian photographer and filmmaker of Polish descent, who authored numerous portraits of famous Russian people as well as members of the Imperial family. He was the personal photographer of Duchess Alexandra Petrovna of Oldenburg.
Working mostly in Kharkov, Fedetsky was also a pioneering cinematographer. His is credited with being the first Russian to shoot the first ever Russian film called "The Grand Transfer of the Ozeryanskaya Icon from the Kuryazh Monastery to Kharkov, on 20 September 1896".