Photography and Jewish history : five twentieth-century cases /

It is a sign of the accepted evidentiary status of photographs that historians regularly append them to their accounts, Amos Morris-Reich observes. Very often, however, these photographs are treated as mere illustrations, simple documentations of the events that transpired. Scholars of photography,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Morris-Reich, Amos (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania, [2022]
Colección:Jewish culture and contexts.
Temas:
Kahn, Albert, > 1860-1940.
Lerski, Helmar, > 1871-1956.
Fischer, Eugen, > 1874-1967.
Frank, Robert, > 1924-2019.
An-Ski, S., > 1863-1920.
I͡Udovin, S. > (Solomon), > 1892-1954.
1900-1999
Photography > History > 20th century.
Jews > History > 20th century.
Photography > Philosophy.
Photography > Political aspects.
Photography > Social aspects.
Historiography and photography.
Jews > Historiography.
HISTORY > Jewish.
Jews.
Photography.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chapter 1. Utopia and Photography circa 1900: Albert Kahn and the Archives of the Planet
  • Chapter 2. The Boundaries of Photographic Intention: Helmar Lerski's "Failed" Project
  • Chapter 3. Album of an Extinct Race: Eugen Fischer and Photography
  • Chapter 4. Photography for Its Own Sake: Robert Frank and The Americans
  • Chapter 5. Photography and Rupture: S. An-sky, Solomon Yudovin, and the Documentation of Russian Jewry
  • Conclusion. Photography and Democracy

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