Evgenii Khaldei: Znamia pobedy (Evgenii Khaldei: Victory Flag)
St. Petersburg: Rosfoto, 2015. sewn cl. The Russian State Museum and Exhibition Center for Photography Rosfoto exhibited photos by the great war photographer Evgenii Khaldei to mark the seventieth anniversary of the fall of Berlin. Working for the telegraph agency of the Soviet Union (Tasskhronika), Khaldei photographed many crucial battles of the war from Murmansk to Berlin, as well as negotiations at Potsdam and Yalta and and war trials in Nuremberg. He understood the singular ability of the camera to concentrate meaning in one moment and place. His photos of flights of planes, shooting machine gunners, bombed out cities, scouting missions, liberated towns, and of course Berlin in May 1945 are crucial records, and many are works of art. 95 p., 29 x 24 cm, approx. 50 b/w illus., Rus. Item #913
ISBN: 9785912380204
Price: $53.00