Sovetskoe Foto. [Soviet Photography]. № 10, October. -

Moskva, Aktsionernoe Izdatelskoe Obshchestvo "Ogonek", 1927.
Limited to 14 000 copies.

Alexander Rodchenko's Portrait of Mother (1924) appeared after the group of posted studio portraits of the poet Vladimir Mayakovsky and became one of the most iconic photos of Soviet avant-garde photography.
Sovetskoe Foto magazine was issued with two pauses from 1926 to 1991 and included editorials, letters, articles, photographic essays and works by Soviet and international photographers, advertisements for photography, photographic processes, photographic chemicals and equipment.
In April 1928 anonymous author accused Rodchenko of plagiarizing the subject matter and compositions of European photographers. After that Rodchenko's works were boycotted by the magazine.
After the formation of the Russian Association of Proletarian Photo Reporters in 1931 the magazine became more conservative and covers style dramatically changed.