FAMINSKY, Valery - V.1945

'V.1945' is a book project of the design studio Eremenko in Moscow, which works with the names of the Russian photographer Valery FAMINSKY, which made at the end of the World War 1945 in Berlin.
'V.1945' is not only a photographic document, but also a very carefully and intelligently implemented book project with outstanding photographs, which remained undiscovered until 2016 and can only now occupy the same rank as photographs of the Russian KHALDEY (CHALDEJ) or the American Rober CAPA am End of the war and in the wake of the victorious troops.

"'V.1945' is a book about the last days of The Second World War in serie of photographs by Valery FAMINSKY.
The archive with films was hidden for many years and discovered in 2016 by documentary photographer Arthur Bondar." (publisher's note)

Awards:
– Type Directors Club Tokyo, Annual Awards 2018. Excellent Work
– European Design Awards 2018. Silver Award
– STA100 2018. The Society of Typographic Arts, Chicago. Winner

About the photographer, Valery FAMINSKY (1914-1993):
Valery FAMINSKY was a front-line photographer of the Red Army and was tasked with documenting the care and transport of wounded soldiers from April to August 1945 in Berlin. In addition to these pictorial reports, impressive shots of the ruined Berlin, its population and the everyday life of the Russian troops are also created.

Due to his legitimacy, FAMINSKY can move freely in the city as a real eyewitness. His interest and concern for people on both sides of the war.
This own, humanistic view distinguishes his photographs from most of the other propaganda footage from the first postwar weeks in Berlin.

In early August 1945 FAMINSKY is 'demobilized' and returns to Moscow. The Berlin recordings of FAMINSKY are neither published nor exhibited and thus fall into oblivion. It was not until 2016 that the archive of Arthur BONDAR was discovered and 'poured' in a book project.