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Descendants of light : American photographers of Jewish ancestry
- Title
- Descendants of light : American photographers of Jewish ancestry / Penny Wolin ; essay, Alan Trachtenberg, Yale University ; graphic design, Bunne Hartmann ; tape transcription, Christine Dell.
- Author
- Wolin, Penny Diane.
- Publication
- Cheyenne, Wyoming : Crazy Woman Creek Press, [2015]
- ©2015
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Trachtenberg, Alan
- Description
- 243 pages : illustrations (some color); 26 x 35 cm
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Biography.
- History.
- Note
- Includes: Peter Aaron, Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Sid Avery, Lillian Bassman, Stephen Berkman, Nina Berman, Gay Block, Garry Brod, David Burnett, Jo Ann Callis, The Capas, Elinor Carucci, Bruce Davidson, Judy Dater, Alfred Eidenstaedt, Jill Enfield, Jason Eskenazi, Louis Faurer, Larry Fink, Abe Frajndlich, Robert Frank, Jill Freedman, Anthony Friedkin, Lauren Greenfield, Lois Greenfield, Lori Grinker, Philippe Halsman, Mark Hanauer, Marc Hauser, Gregory Heisler, Ryszard Horowitz, Yale Joel, Sid Kaplan, Ed Kashi, Claudia Kunin, Gillian Laub, The Photo League, Annie Leibovitz, Herman Leonard, Helen Levitt, Ken Light, John Loengard, Jay Maisel, Norman Mauskopf, Joel Meyerowitz, Nickolas Muray, Arnold Newman, Ira Nowinski, Herb Ritts, Walter Rosenblum, Arthur Rothstein, Eva Rubinstein, Steve Schapiro, Maurice Seymour, Ron Seymour, Melvin Sokolsky, Rosalind Solomon, Alfred Stieglitz, David Strick, Arthur Tress, Toba Tucker, Roman Vishniac, Alfred Wertheimer, Garry Winogrand, Joel-Peter Witkin, Jeffrey A. Wolin, Penny Wolin, and Lloyd Ziff.
- Contents
- The camera & the Jewish I / introduction by Penny Wolin -- The claim of a Jewish eye / essay by Alan Trachtenberg -- The photographers. Observations of the observant: witness to the icons and iconic events of the 20th century -- Why are there so many Jews in photography? -- Questions about answers. Missing in action: "I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member;" So much talent, so little time; Deceased -- Don't let the Golem get you -- The bloody end of the stick -- The presence of absence: Don't ask, don't tell -- Pastrami & cheese on kosher rye: Hold the religion -- The work. Creating the visual lexicon of American culture.
- Call Number
- JQG 17-384
- ISBN
- 9780967635729
- 0967635721
- LCCN
- 2015945492
- OCLC
- 933277410
- Author
- Wolin, Penny Diane.
- Title
- Descendants of light : American photographers of Jewish ancestry / Penny Wolin ; essay, Alan Trachtenberg, Yale University ; graphic design, Bunne Hartmann ; tape transcription, Christine Dell.
- Publisher
- Cheyenne, Wyoming : Crazy Woman Creek Press, [2015]
- Copyright Date
- ©2015
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Added Author
- Trachtenberg, Alan, writer of added commentary.
- Research Call Number
- JQG 17-384