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Dominiks Gedzjuns 1956–1961: Republika attēlos

Contributed by Adelina Shaydullina on Feb 18th, 2022. Artwork published in
circa 2021
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The double-sided jacket allows the reader to choose whether to look at the statue of Lenin or an idyllic postcard from the 1950s.
Source: type.today Alexey Murashko. License: All Rights Reserved.

The double-sided jacket allows the reader to choose whether to look at the statue of Lenin or an idyllic postcard from the 1950s.

In 2011, photo enthusiast Toms Zariņš discovered an archive of a very productive, yet almost forgotten Riga-based photographer: Dominiks Gedzjuns. In 2019, he showed this archive to designer and typographer Alexey Murashko, and in 2021 they issued the first book of the series Republika Attēlos (“The republic in images”) together.

The book embraces the photos of daily realities of Soviet-period Latvia (thanks to stochastic print, one can see every little detail on those photos), articles about their author, as well as three typefaces: Monotype Plantin (titles), Tiempos by Klim Type Foundry (body text), and Atlas Grotesk by Commercial Type (footnotes and captions).

Read the entire article on our website.

The book was published by Kultkom in a bilingual edition (Latvian and English) of 500 copies.

Dominiks Gedzjuns 1956–1961: Republika attēlos 2
Alexey Murashko. License: All Rights Reserved.
Dominiks Gedzjuns 1956–1961: Republika attēlos 3
Alexey Murashko. License: All Rights Reserved.
Dominiks Gedzjuns 1956–1961: Republika attēlos 4
Alexey Murashko. License: All Rights Reserved.
Dominiks Gedzjuns 1956–1961: Republika attēlos 5
Alexey Murashko. License: All Rights Reserved.
Dominiks Gedzjuns 1956–1961: Republika attēlos 6
Alexey Murashko. License: All Rights Reserved.
Dominiks Gedzjuns 1956–1961: Republika attēlos 7
Alexey Murashko. License: All Rights Reserved.
Dominiks Gedzjuns 1956–1961: Republika attēlos 8
Alexey Murashko. License: All Rights Reserved.
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Alexey Murashko. License: All Rights Reserved.
Dominiks Gedzjuns 1956–1961: Republika attēlos 10
Alexey Murashko. License: All Rights Reserved.
Dominiks Gedzjuns 1956–1961: Republika attēlos 11
Alexey Murashko. License: All Rights Reserved.
Dominiks Gedzjuns 1956–1961: Republika attēlos 12
Alexey Murashko. License: All Rights Reserved.
Dominiks Gedzjuns 1956–1961: Republika attēlos 13
Alexey Murashko. License: All Rights Reserved.
Dominiks Gedzjuns 1956–1961: Republika attēlos 14
Alexey Murashko. License: All Rights Reserved.
Dominiks Gedzjuns 1956–1961: Republika attēlos 15
Alexey Murashko. License: All Rights Reserved.
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Alexey Murashko. License: All Rights Reserved.

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