ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

The exhibition Beyond Nuremberg: The Camera as Witness presents photographs by Evgeny Khaldei (1917–1997), one of the key war correspondents of the Second World War, whose images became part of the visual history of the twentieth century.

The project brings together works from 1945–46, a period that shaped the visual record of postwar Europe. Through Khaldei’s lens — as both a war correspondent and a precise documentarian — the exhibition engages with a history that defined the fate of Europe and the wider world, offering a perspective grounded in direct experience. Photography here appears not only as a document, but as a form of testimony that shapes how historical events are seen and understood.

The exhibition includes photographic documentation of the Nuremberg Trials — one of the most significant legal events of the twentieth century, where Khaldei’s images functioned not only as records but also as evidence — alongside photographs of European cities, including Vienna, Budapest, Berlin, and other territories marked by the aftermath of the war. These works reveal different facets of a single historical moment, from the courtroom to everyday urban life.

A defining aspect of the project is its selection of works: the exhibition is based on rare photographs from the private collection of a photographer and collector Vadim Levin, including images that have never been exhibited or have rarely been shown within a single exhibition context. For the first time, these works are presented as a coherent whole rather than as isolated historical fragments.

Beyond Nuremberg: The Camera as Witness invites viewers to consider photography as a space in which history is both recorded and interpreted, offering an opportunity to encounter a moment before it was shaped into narrative.