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photography
Sweeping vistas with sinister underlays
Avishay Artsy
June 1, 2016
Richard Misrach’s photographs shot over the past four decades offer a stark reminder of how human industry corrupts the landscape.
Artist finds peace, family in Brazil through philanthropic photography of Yanomami indians
Jewish Journal
April 6, 2016
Anyone traveling to Brazil — perhaps for this summer’s Olympic soccer competition — should make a point to stop at the Inhotim contemporary art center in Brumadinho, which at 5,000 acres is considered the largest art park in the world.
Survivors and mementos with meaning
Jewish Journal
January 28, 2016
When she arranged to meet and photograph the Holocaust survivors of Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles’ Café Europa, Barbara Mack gave them only one instruction: Bring something of personal value.
Poet ponders what transpired after photographer’s shutter clicked
Jewish Journal
November 24, 2015
The 1913 photograph by August Sander on the cover of Adam Kirsch’s third book of poetry, “Emblems of the Passing World: Poems After Photographs by August Sander” (Other Press), shows two young women in high-necked blouses gazing at the camera over cups of morning coffee.
New Skirball exhibition channels the power of you
Avishay Artsy
November 12, 2015
As we enter the holiday season of giving, many of us think about how we can donate our time and money in a meaningful way.
Photographing Ethiopian immigrants in Israel and L.A.
Avishay Artsy
October 21, 2015
In the 1980s, when photojournalist Irene Fertik learned that Ethiopian Jews were being airlifted to Israel, she wondered how they would be treated in their new country.
Cedars-Sinai through a doctor’s lens
Avishay Artsy
September 16, 2015
For four decades, endocrinologist Dr. Roger Lerner walked the halls of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center solely to attend to patients.
Cancer obscura
Jonathan Kirsch
June 11, 2015
If a feel-good book about cancer sounds like an oxymoron, just pick up a copy of “New Beginnings: The Triumphs of 120 Cancer Survivors” by Bill Aron (Skyhorse Publishing), a tour de force from one of America’s most accomplished photographers.
‘Sacred Faces’ photos find inspiration in religious imagery
Avishay Artsy
February 25, 2015
Whether photographing a crucified Christ’s downcast eyes, the serene smile of a Buddha or the grin of a Hindu god, Jewish photographer Andy Romanoff has a way of capturing the ineffable beauty of religious imagery as well as the striking similarities in the iconography of different faiths.
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