Dmitri Baltermants (Russian, 1912-1990) Baltermants Portfolio (16 of 20 photographs), 1941-1970 Gelatin silver prints,...

Auction amount: $2,000.00

Sold: Oct 1, 2024

Dmitri Baltermants (Russian, 1912-1990)

Also known as: Bal'terman, Dmitrii; Bal'termants, D.; Bal'termants, Dm.; Bal'termants, Dmitrii Nikolaevich; Baltermans, Dmitri Nikolaievitch; Baltermanz, Dmitrii; Dmitrii Nikolaevich Bal'termants; Baltermants, Dmitrii

Birth Place: Warsaw (Mazowieckie voivodship, Poland)

Biography:
Baltermants studied mathematics at Moscow State University, 1928-1933, and taught himself photography. He worked as a mathematician in Moscow from 1934-1938 then as a photographer for newspapers from 1936, later becoming a professional photojournalist in 1940. Baltermants was a war correspondent for the daily paper 'Izvestiya' and the Army newspaper 'Na Razgrom vraga' from 1941-1945. He was the Chief Reporter for the illustrated weekly 'Ogonjok' ('Flame') from 1945.

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