The Old Car: GAZ-M20 Pobeda

Do you like old cars as much as I love them? It very rarely happens that I manage to get past some old car and not take a photo. So it was with this “Pobeda”. I just walked through the courtyard and even in a hurry somewhere, but I had to stop to take some photos. Fortunately, with a smartphone in your pocket, it's easy.

This is the GAZ-M20 Pobeda (Victory) car, it was put into production after the end of World War II and was mass-produced in 1946-1958. It was a very good car, and this model still has a lot of fans. A round sticker on the windshield of the car indicates membership in the club of fans of this car model.

On YouTube you can find a lot of stories about various modifications of the “Pobeda”, about their history, about the restoration of these cars, and even test drives, although the idea of making a test drive for such a venerable model would hardly have crossed my mind. Several GAZ-M20 cars are installed in different cities as monuments.

Such subjects are ideal for composing photographs according to the rule of thirds. Moving the main subject from the center of the frame higher or lower, left or right helps to shift the emphasis. I shifted the car down to emphasize the height of the walls that surround it. It immediately becomes clear that we are in the urban jungle.