Editor: Lieven Soete, 
Update: 04-03-2004
Stalingrad | 1942-1943 
Photos from the soviet photographer
Georgii Anatolyevian Zelma (Uzbeki, 1906-1984)
A pioneer of modern documentary photography, Georgi Zelma was born in Tashkent, in 1906. He began photographing with a 13 x 18 centimeter-sized-negative camera and later used the Leica for his documentary work, which continually centered on modernization and the cultural transformations of Central Asia during the twenties and thirties. Zelma also photographed themes commissioned by Alexander Rodchenko and his wife, designer Varvara Stepanova, for various publications. He also documented one of the turning points of the Second World War at Stalingrad, which inspired the theme for the American film «Enemy at the Gate», in 2001.
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Stalingrad 1942
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Stalingrad 1942
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Stalingrad 1942
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Stalingrad c. 1942 | The Barricade: Battle for the Factory | Bataille pour l'usine «Barricade» |  Gevecht voor de fabriek «Barrikade»
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Stalingrad 1943 | Letter Home | Lettre aux proches | Brief naar huis
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Stalingrad 1943 | Reconnaissance Mission | Mission de reconnaissance | Verkenningsmissie
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Stalingrad, 1942 | Preparing for an Assault | Préparation de l'attaque | Voorbereiding van de aanval
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Stalingrad, 1942
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Southern Front, 1942
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Stalingrad, 1942
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Stalingrad, 1942 | Tank (Rodina)
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Stalingrad, 1942-1943
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Stalingrad, 1943
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Stalingrad, November 1942
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Stalingrad, 1943
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Stalingrad, 1943
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Stalingrad. Dec. 1942 | Red October Factory | L'usine «L'Octobre Rouge» | In de fabriek «Rode Oktober»
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Stalingrad, 1943
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Stalingrad, 1943 | Telegraph Worker
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Stalingrad 1942
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Stalingrad 1942
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Stalingrad 1942
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Stalingrad, 1943
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Stalingrad, 1942-43
 
 
 


Stalingrad 1943
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Stalingrad 1943
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Stalingrad 1942
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Stalingrad 1942
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Stalingrad 1942
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Stalingrad 1942
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Stalingrad 1942
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Stalingrad, 1942 | German Prisoners | Prionniers allemands | Duitse gevangenen
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Stalingrad, 1942 | Burning Nazi Plane | Avion nazi | Nazi vliegtuig
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Stalingrad 1943
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Stalingrad 1942
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Stalingrad 1943 | Letter from Moscow | Lettre de Moscou | Brief vanuit Moskou
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Stalingrad 1942
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Stalingrad November, 1942
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Stalingrad 1942
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Stalingrad December, 1942 | Aviation, just before take off on a fighting mission
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Stalingrad, 1943 | Digging trenches | Faisants des tranchées | Loopgraven maken
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Stalingrad 1942
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Stalingrad 1942
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Stalingrad 1942
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Stalingrad 1942
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Stalingrad 1942
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Stalingrad 1942
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Stalingrad 1942
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Reconstruction of Stalingrad, 1943 | La reconstruction de Stalingrad | De heropbouw van Stalingrad
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Portrait of Georgi Zelma during the blockade of Stalingrad, taken by a friend | Foto van G. Zelma in Stalingrad | Photo de G. Zelma à Stalingrad | 1942-43
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Georgii Zelma in Stalingrad | 1942-43
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Georgii Zelma in Stalingrad | 1942-43
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