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Limited Edition #1
There was a huge enthusiasm when the archive of Valery FAMINSKY in 2016 was discovered in Moscow.
I became aware of it when, during the Paris Photo 2017, a small book in Russian was entrusted to me, which was soon completely sold out and is now very much in demand.
Now the pictures are available for the first time in a comprehensive, high-quality monograph and also as limited edition with print in a slipcase.
There are 100 copies of them, 50 each with the motif ''Pferd ('Horse') 'or' Reichstag'.
Details about the print: Outside dimensions approx. 25 x 20 cm., Inside dimensions of the motif 23 x 15.2 cm., Pigment print on Hahnemühle Baryta paper, numbered and stamped.
"In Berlin, from April 22 to May 24, 1945, the photographs of the completely destroyed city, its population and the everyday life of the Russian troops are being created.
Recorded without any kind of pathos and propaganda, these photographs depict, with a humanistic outlook, the longing for peace and the reality of war. The genuineness and also the closeness to the events, which gets under the skin, make the viewer a witness to these historical hours and days.
Judging by the outstanding artistic quality of his photographs, Valery FAMINSKY is on a par with photographers such as Yevgeny KHALDEY (Jewgeni CHALDEJ) and Robert CAPA." (publisher's note)
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.
There was a huge enthusiasm when the archive of Valery FAMINSKY in 2016 was discovered in Moscow.
I became aware of it when, during the Paris Photo 2017, a small book in Russian was entrusted to me, which was soon completely sold out and is now very much in demand.
Now the pictures are available for the first time in a comprehensive, high-quality monograph and also as limited edition with print in a slipcase.
There are 100 copies of them, 50 each with the motif ''Pferd ('Horse') 'or' Reichstag'.
Details about the print: Outside dimensions approx. 25 x 20 cm., Inside dimensions of the motif 23 x 15.2 cm., Pigment print on Hahnemühle Baryta paper, numbered and stamped.
"In Berlin, from April 22 to May 24, 1945, the photographs of the completely destroyed city, its population and the everyday life of the Russian troops are being created.
Recorded without any kind of pathos and propaganda, these photographs depict, with a humanistic outlook, the longing for peace and the reality of war. The genuineness and also the closeness to the events, which gets under the skin, make the viewer a witness to these historical hours and days.
Judging by the outstanding artistic quality of his photographs, Valery FAMINSKY is on a par with photographers such as Yevgeny KHALDEY (Jewgeni CHALDEJ) and Robert CAPA." (publisher's note)
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.
- Format
- Slipcased HC with print, 25 x 20 cm., b/w