In 1928, young Emmanuil N. Evzerihin (1911-1984) started to work in the press-cliche department of the Soyuzphoto agency.

In 1933, he joined TASS Photokhronika and stayed there until the mid-seventies.

In 1934, he took up residence in Moscow.

Evzerihin got accredited to the Kremlin and photographed conferences of communist party leaders.

His photos of the prewar period include the construction of the Moscow subway, Moscow cityscapes, and portraits of the luminaries of soviet culture and art.

During the World War II, he worked as the agency's correspondent on many fronts. His most famous pictures were made in Stalingrad and Koenigsberg (present Kaliningrad).

After the end of the war, he photographed industrial life and cultural events of the USSR.