Dmitri Baltermants (1912–1990) was a prominent Soviet photojournalist known for his evocative and humanizing documentation of World War II. Born in Warsaw, he moved to Moscow as a child and eventually became an official Kremlin photographer. He worked for the daily newspaper Izvestia and served as the picture editor for the popular magazine Ogonyok. Baltermants is particularly celebrated for his coverage of the Battle of Stalingrad and other Red Army offensives. His work often captured the profound grief and destruction of war, most notably in his iconic photograph 'Grief' (1942), which depicts a Nazi massacre in Kerch. Due to Soviet censorship, many of his most compelling images were suppressed for decades, only becoming widely known in the West during the 1960s.[4]
Dmitri Baltermanz. Mit 94 Bildern und einer Einführung von Wassili Peskow1981 · Fotokinoverlag · book · GermanThe book contains 94 photographs by Baltermants and an introduction by Wassili Peskov.
Exhibitions
2004Dmitri Baltermants. Images of The Soviet UnionHatton Gallery, Fort Collinssolo
2005Dmitry BaltermantsMultimedia Art Museum, Moscowsolo
2012RetrospectiveMultimedia Art Museum, Moscowsolo
