 In 1932–34, working as a filmmaker for "Soiuzkinohronika", he shot the documentary films "How the Kukryniksy Work" and "The Electrification of the USSR".Together with Alexander Rodchenko, he led the photography section of the October Group"," a collective of Constructivist and avant-garde artists that existed in the USSR from 1928 to 1932.In 1932, he was elected chairman of the Moscow Association of Photojournalists.