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3 unusual facts about Roman Vishniac


Elie Wiesel bibliography

A Vanished World by Roman Vishniac, forward by Elie Wiesel (published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1986) ISBN 0-374-52023-2, ISBN 978-0-374-52023-6; classic photographs of Eastern European Jewish life from the 1930s

Micrograph

Roman Vishniac was a pioneer in the field of photomicroscopy, specializing in the photography of living creatures in full motion.

Yale Strom

He was the first photographer since Roman Vishniac to publish photographs of Jews in the Eastern Bloc countries.


Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art

In addition to its special-exhibit gallery, the Museum features a permanent collection of important works by accomplished artists including William Anastasi, Chaim Gross, Tobi Kahn, Joan Snyder, Shelley Spector, Boaz Vaadia and Roman Vishniac.


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