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Roman Vishniac Rediscovered

Sunday Oct 25, 2015 10:00am
[Interior of the Anhalter Bahnhof railway terminus near Potsdamer Platz, Berlin], 1929–early 1930s. © Mara Vishniac Kohn, courtesy International Center of Photography.

 
Symposium
10:00am-6:00pm

Presented in partnership with the International Center of Photography and co-sponsored by YIVO, the American Jewish Historical Society, Center for Jewish History, and Leo Baeck Institute.

Admission: Free

The recent discovery of more than 10,000 negatives by Roman Vishniac—arguably one of the greatest photographers of the 20th century—has revealed a far more versatile artist than previously thought. The New Yorker called the images “a revelation.” Join us for a day-long symposium as scholars, photography curators, and cultural critics reappraise Vishniac’s diverse body of work, from his early engagement with European modernism in the 1920s to photographs of East European Jewish life in the ‘30s and color photomicroscopy in the ‘50s-‘70s.

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This symposium celebrates the first comprehensive monograph on Vishniac, Roman Vishniac Rediscovered, available for sale at the event.