Two large photographs of the Jewish-American photographer of Russian origin – one of the greatest photographers of Jewish life in Central and Eastern Europe before the Holocaust – Roman Vishniac.
One photograph was taken in his studio on September 24, 1968, as part of the program: TV Scout meet Dr. Roman Vishniac, signed on the back with the ink stamp of the Houston Post photographer. On the other, Vishniac is seen against a background of large photographs of Eastern European Jewry which he himself had taken – photographed by ABC Press as part of ABC News’ “Directions” program – 1960s.
Roman Vishniac (1897–1990), a Jewish photographer born in Russia, was one of the foremost documentarians of Jewish life in Eastern Europe in the 1930s. On assignment for the World Jewish Congress, he took thousands of photographs in the towns of Poland, Romania, Lithuania, and Carpatho-Ruthenia, documenting Jewish communities on the eve of the Holocaust. His work became a rare visual record of a vanished world. After escaping Europe, he settled in the United States, where he also engaged in scientific photography and microscopic research, alongside his continued work as a documentary photographer.
Uniform size: 24×19 cm. Very good condition.
