Roman Vishniac, A VANISHED WORLD, 1997, HB, DJ, 1930s Poland, Jews, 4th Printing

Description: Roman Vishniac, A VANISHED WORLD, 1997, HB, DJ, 1930s Poland, Jews, 4th Printing Hardcover book in very good, very clean condition. Very good dust jacket. Very clean text. $7.50 domestic shipping. International shipping at cost. Please email with any questions. Explore the captivating world of Judaism with Roman Vishniac's "Vanished World". This hardcover book, published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux, features 180 pages filled with powerful stories and insights about the customs and traditions of Jewish people. The book is a 4th printing, published in 1997, and comes with a dust jacket and illustrations that bring the narrative to life. With topics ranging from the history of Jewish people to their customs and traditions, this book is a must-read for adults interested in exploring the rich culture of Judaism. Whether you are a scholar or simply curious, "Vanished World" is a valuable addition to your library. Get your hands on this amazing book today! Roman Vishniac (/ˈvɪʃniæk/; Russian: Рома́н Соломо́нович Вишня́к; August 19, 1897 – January 22, 1990) was a Russian-American photographer, best known for capturing on film the culture of Jews in Central and Eastern Europe before the Holocaust. A major archive of his work was housed at the International Center of Photography until 2018, when Vishniac's daughter, Mara Vishniac Kohn, donated it to The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life at the University of California, Berkeley.[1][2][3] Vishniac was a versatile photographer, an accomplished biologist, an art collector and teacher of art history. He also made significant scientific contributions to photomicroscopy and time-lapse photography. Vishniac was very interested in history, especially that of his ancestors, and strongly attached to his Jewish roots; he was a Zionist later in life.[4] Roman Vishniac won international acclaim for his photos of shtetlach and Jewish ghettos, celebrity portraits, and microscopic biology. His book A Vanished World, published in 1983, made him famous and is one of the most detailed pictorial documentations of Jewish culture in Eastern Europe in the 1930s.[2] Vishniac was also remembered for his humanism and respect for life, sentiments that can be seen in all aspects of his work. In 2013, Vishniac's daughter Mara (Vishniac) Kohn donated to the International Center of Photography[5] the images and accompanying documents comprising ICP's "Roman Vishniac Rediscovered" traveling exhibition. In October 2018, Kohn donated the Vishniac archive of an estimated 30,000 items, including photo negatives, prints, documents and other memorabilia that had been housed at ICP to The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, a unit of the University of California at Berkeley's library system.[6]

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