The Concerns of Roman Vishniac : man, nature, and science : an exhibit of photographs and films / prepared by the International Fund for Concerned Photography.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vishniac, Roman, 1897-1990.

Capa, Cornell

International Fund for Concerned Photography.

Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.)

Gershwind/Bennett Endowed Fund for Judaica Collections.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vishniac, Roman, 1897-1990--Exhibitions.

Vishniac, Roman.

Vishniac, Roman, 1897-1990.

Nature photography--Exhibitions.

Nature photography.

Photomicrography--Exhibitions.

Photomicrography.

Microphotography--Exhibitions.

Microphotography.

Documentary photography--Exhibitions.

Documentary photography.

Jews--Poland--Pictorial works--Exhibitions.

Jews.

Poland.

Genre:

Pictorial works.

Exhibition catalogs.

Illustrated works.

Penn Provenance:

Gift of William Fern, Westport, Connecticut.

Physical Description:

20 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm (in envelope 31 cm)

Place of Publication:

New York : International Fund for Concerned Photography, [1971]

Contents:

Photographs of man : the world of Eastern Europe's Jewry taken before World War II, 1936-1939

Photographs of nature and science : elements of life, some with high magnification, in color

"The vanished world of the shtetl" : a slide presentation with narration by Dr. Vishniac

"Roman's legions" : a multi-media presentation showing how Dr. Vishniac makes the invisible visible, produced by Craig Fisher of the Fisher Film Group.

Notes:

Director of the exhibit, Cornell Capa.

Cover title.

Exhibit produced at the Jewish Museum in New York City from Oct. 1971-Jan. 1972.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Gershwind/Bennett Endowed Fund for Judaica Collections.

Presented to the Penn Libraries from the collection of Grace Cohen Grossman.

OCLC:

26962369