Photographs by Roman Vishniac: A Selection from the Permanent Collection of Holocaust Museum Houston

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Holocaust Museum Houston

Photographs by Roman Vishniac: A Selection from the Permanent Collection of Holocaust Museum Houston

Friday, Sep. 25, 2015 – Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016

Holocaust Museum Houston is proud to present the work of famed photographer Roman Vishniac, recently donated to HMH’s permanent collection by his daughter, Mara Vishniac Kohn, with the support of the International Center of Photography (ICP), in this new exhibition Roman Vishniac: A Selection from the Permanent Collection of Holocaust Museum Houston.

The HMH exhibition is presented in conjunction with the retrospective exhibition, Roman Vishniac Rediscovered, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. On display at HMH will be 11 of Vishniac’s gelatin silver prints, highlighting Jewish life in Eastern Europe, ca. 1935-1938.

Image: 'Boy with Toothache'. Boy suffering from a toothache clutches a tattered school notebook, Slonim, ca. 1935-38. © Mara Vishniac Kohn, courtesy International Center of Photography.

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