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TOM KING recommends two outstanding exhibitions of Roman Vishniac's documentary photographs
Three women, Mukacevo, ca. 1935-38 [Roman Vishniac]

Roman Vishniac Rediscovered
Jewish Museum and Photographers’ Gallery, London

YOU would struggle to find a more comprehensive study of Jewish life in the 20th century than that carried out by Roman Vishniac, whose extraordinary body of work is currently on show at both the Photographers’ Gallery and the Jewish Museum in London.

Burlesque dancer entertaining servicemen and other patrons while balancing a glass on her head, Leon & Eddie's, 52nd Street, New York, 1945 (Pic: Roman Vishniac )

Nazi soldiers marching next to the Arsenal in front of the Berlin Cathedral, ca. 1935 (Pic: Roman Vishniac)
Preparing food in a Jewish soup kitchen, Berlin, mid- to late 1930s (Pic: Roman Vishniac)
Boy standing on a mountain of rubble, Berlin, 1947 (Pic: Roman Vishniac)
Wife of Nat Gutman, a porter, Warsaw, ca. 1935-38 (Pic: Roman Vishniac)
Two girls wearing klederdracht (traditional costumes), Marken, The Netherlands, 1939 (Pic: Roman Vishniac)
Zionist youth building a school and foundry while learning construction techniques, Werkdorp Nieuwesluis, Wieringermeer, The Netherlands, 1938–39 (Pic: Roman Vishniac)
Eastern Europe, ca. 1935–38 (Pic: Roman Vishniac)
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