Tag Archives: Roman Vishniac

Bastille Day, 2017

Posted on July 14, 2017 by Christopher George

Lucien Aigner, Entertainment of children on Bastille Day in Paris, 1934 (339.1982) Lucien Aigner, Boulevard St. Martin on Bastille Day, Paris, 1937 (318.1982) Henri Cartier-Bresson, Bastille Day, Paris, ca. 1936 (336.1994) Roman Vishniac, [Bastille Day celebrations, rue du Faubourg-Montmartre, Paris], … Continue reading →

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Happy Passover from the Vishniac Archive at ICP

Posted on April 22, 2016 by claartjevandijk

Roman Vishniac, [Jewish refugees from Germany leaving France for Palestine on board the S.S.Providence, Marseille Harbor], April, 1947 Roman Vishniac, [Jewish refugees from Germany leaving France for Palestine on board the S.S.Providence, Marseille Harbor], April, 1947 Happy Passover from the … Continue reading →

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Eight Monkeys for the Lunar New Year

Posted on February 8, 2016 by Christopher George

W. Eugene Smith (1918-1978), [Dr. Albert Schweitzer’s Mission Hospital. A tamed chimpanzee. Lambaréné, Gabon], 1954 (1542.2005) Lou Bernstein (1911-2005), Barney and Petunia, Pony Foundation, 1970 (62.1992) Roman Vishniac (1897-1990), [Untitled], 1943 (RV_16_003_003) (“Bronx Zoo, 1943, Dear Toto, with us Monkeys, … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

Posted on February 12, 2015 by Christopher George

Mathew Brady (1822-1896), [Abraham Lincoln], May 16, 1861, (2009.15.1) Thomas McAvoy (1905-1966), [Marian Anderson and her mother on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial after her Easter concert, Washington, DC], April 9, 1939, (1083.2005) Roman Vishniac (1897-1990), [Lincoln Memorial, Washington, … Continue reading →

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Norishment or Poison?

Posted on March 11, 2014 by fansinaflashbulb

Milk has been part of our diet since the Neolithic Revolution (10,000 BCE), when humans domesticated animals. The discussion about organic, raw, and genetically treated food is at its peak. There are arguments on each side of the coin, both … Continue reading →

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L’Shana Tova!

Posted on September 4, 2013 by fansinaflashbulb

Roman Vishniac, [Three women, Mukacevo], ca. 1935-38 © Mara Vishniac Kohn, courtesy International Center of Photography Wishing you a sweet, happy, and healthy new year!

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Happy Passover from the Vishniac Archive

Posted on March 26, 2013 by fansinaflashbulb

Roman Vishniac, [Holocaust survivors gathering outside a building where matzoh is being made in preparation for the Passover holiday, Hénonville Displaced Persons’ Camp, Picardy, France], 1947 ©Mara Vishniac Kohn, courtesy International Center of Photography Roman Vishniac, [Holocaust survivor sanding a rolling … Continue reading →

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Ping-pong!

Posted on March 12, 2013 by nikol david

Roman Vishniac, [Boy playing ping-pong, summer camp of the Polish Society for Safeguarding the Health of the Jewish Population (TOZ), Slonim], ca. 1935-38 ©Mara Vishniac Kohn, courtesy International Center of Photography Roman Vishniac, [Women playing ping-pong, New York State], ca. … Continue reading →

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Happy Hanukkah!

Posted on December 7, 2012 by fansinaflashbulb

Roman Vishniac, [Children celebrating the third day of Hanukkah, Beth Hayeled Nursey School, Temple Anshe Chesed, Upper West Side, New York], 1940s-early 1950s © Mara Vishniac Kohn, courtesy International Center of Photography Vishniac’s American work from the 1940s and 50s … Continue reading →

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L’Shana Tova

Posted on September 16, 2012 by fansinaflashbulb

[Smiling children, Mukacevo], ca. 1935-38 © Mara Vishniac Kohn, courtesy International Center of Photography [School boys winking and smiling, Mukacevo], ca. 1935-38 © Mara Vishniac Kohn, courtesy International Center of Photography Hasidic country boy, Carpathian Ruthenia, ca. 1935-38 © Mara … Continue reading →

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