Photographing the Jewish Nation: Pictures from S. An-Sky's Ethnographic Expeditions

ISBN-13: 9781611686838 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 228 str.

Eugene M. Avrutin

Opis

Runner-up for the National Jewish Book Award, visual arts category

From 1912 to 1914, S. An-sky and the photographer Solomon Iudovin gathered materials and took photographs of Jewish daily life in pre-Revolutionary Russia's Pale of Settlement. Photographing the Jewish Nation offers English-language readers their first look at over 170 extraordinary, recently rediscovered photographs from their expeditions. The pictures provide visual texture--in remarkable detail--that rarely appears in written sources. This volume includes a critical introduction and five chapters that document all aspects of Jewish life inside the Pale, including work, education, and religious and cultural traditions.