Emphasising Roman Vishniac's prodigious talents as one of the great documentary photographers of the 20th century, this volume presents the full range of his artistic genius. Drawn from the International Center of Photography's vast holdings of work by Roman Vishniac (1897-1990), this generously illustrated and expansive volume offers a new and profound consideration of this key modernist photographer. In addition to featuring Vishniac's best-known work--the iconic images of Jewish life in Eastern Europe before the Holocaust-- this publication also introduces many previously unpublished photographs spanning more than six decades of Vishniac's work. These include newly discovered images of prewar Berlin, rare film footage from rural Jewish communities in Carpatheina Ruthania, documentation of postwar ruins and Displaced Persons' camps, and vivid coverage of Jewish life in America in the 1940s and '50s. Essays by world-renowned scholars of photography, Jewish history and culture address these newfound images and consider them in the context of modernist tendencies in Berlin in the 1920s and '30s; the rise of Nazi power in Germany and Eastern Europe; the uses of social documentary photography for relief organizations; the experiences of exile, displacement, and assimilation; and the impact of Vishniac's pioneering scientific research in colour photomicroscopy in the 1950s and '60s. This first retrospective monograph on Roman Vishniac offers many new perspectives on the work and career of this important photographer, positioning him as one of the great modernists and social documentary photographers of the last century. AUTHOR: Maya Benton is a curator at the International Center of Photography in New York, where she established and oversees a major public archive of Roman Vishniac's work. 475 b/w illustrations
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Prestel
ISBN-13
9783791353951
eBay Product ID (ePID)
216818887
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Social Organisations
Author
Maya Benton
Publication Name
Roman Vishniac Rediscovered
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2015
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
305mm
Item Width
248mm
Additional Product Features
Editor
Maya Benton
Country/Region of Manufacture
Germany
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