Roman Vishniac

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Roman Vishniac


Born
in Pavlovsk, Russian Federation
December 13, 1901

Died
January 22, 1990

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Roman Vishniac was a Russian-American photographer, best known for capturing on film the culture of Jews in Central and Eastern Europe before the Holocaust. [from wikipedia]

Average rating: 4.18 · 614 ratings · 72 reviews · 23 distinct worksSimilar authors
A Vanished World

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Children of a Vanished World

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To Give Them Light: The Leg...

4.50 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1993 — 9 editions
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Polish Jews

4.16 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1987 — 13 editions
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Roman Vishniac: Rediscovered

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Building Blocks of Life: Pr...

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Mushrooms

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a vanished world

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This living earth

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A Vanished World 1964

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“Everything made by human hands looks terrible under magnification--crude, rough, and asymmetrical. But in nature every bit of life is lovely. And the more magnification we use, the more details are brought out, perfectly formed, like endless sets of boxes within boxes.”
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