Roman Vishniac Rediscovered was on view at the International Center of Photography January 18 to May 5, 2013. The exhibition then went to Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, October 19, 2013 to January 4 2014; Jewish Historical Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands April 3 to August 24 2014 ; Musee d'art et d'histoire du Judaisme in Paris, France September 17 2014 to January 25 2015; Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw, Poland May 5 to August 31 2015; Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas September 27, 2015 to January 3, 2016 ; Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco, California February 11, 2016 to May 30, 2016. Essays by Norman Barker, Maya Benton, Michael Berkowitz, Judith Cohen, Hasia Diner, Daniella Doron, Ute Eskildsen, Laura Hobson Faure, Atina Grossman, J. Hoberman, Steven Hoelscher, Marion Kaplan, Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Mara Vishniac Kohn, Yue Ma, Deborah Dash Moore, Avinoam Patt, Eddy Portnoy, Jeff Shandler, David Shneer, Herb Tam, Laura Wexler, and Bernadette van Woerkom. Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
Roman Vishniac Rediscovered is a comprehensive reappraisal of Vishniac's total photographic output, from his early years in Berlin through the postwar period in America. The exhibition is drawn from the Roman Vishniac archive at ICP and serves as an introduction to this vast assemblage comprising more than 30,000 objects, including recently discovered vintage prints, rare moving film footage, contact sheets, personal correspondence, and exhibition prints made from his recently digitized negatives. Content: Over 220 framed objects including vintage gelatin silver and platinum prints and contemporary prints from Vishniac's original negatives, as well as over 150 ephemeral objects and 5 audiovisual elements.
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