Arthur Bondar, a Ukrainian photographer has collected a massive trove of WWII negatives from Russia. He says "Negatives are photographic truths" and explains that printed photographs might be altered for wartime propaganda purposes.

"... scores of packages of unprocessed negatives stored floor to ceiling in cardboard boxes in his home in northern Germany. Even if he stopped adding to them, he says these “amount to about 20 to 30 years of work”, and he expresses a heartfelt wish to find an institute that might choose to collaborate with him."

Are there archives or archivists here who can help him?

#archive #libraries #histodons #bibliotheque #bibliothek #DigitalHumanities

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/14/negatives-are-photographic-truths-the-collector-who-fled-russia-with-a-haul-of-second-world-war-images