JEWISH EXPERIENCE

IN THE AMERICAS

PHOTOGRAPHY

Jacob A. Riis: Photographer & Citizen
By Alexander Alland, Sr. With Preface by Ansel Adams
New York: Aperture Foundation, Inc., c.1973, 1993
779.99173 Riis

Choose this title to view a selection of Jacob A. Riis’ photographs, and also a detailed account of his years as a documentary photographer, journalist and reformer. A portrait of Riis, dating from around 1912-1913, is located on the inside cover.


"Ready for Sabbath Eve in a Coal Cellar"
Museum of the City of New York
Jacob A. Riis Collection

The Museum of the City of New York grants non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited permission to use the Image in the First Edition of the Work and in accordance with the terms of this Permission for Use.

Jews/America/A Representation: Photographs By Frederick Brenner
With an essay by Simon Schama
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1996
973.04924 Brenner

Jews/America/A Representation is a collection of Brenner’s beautiful group portraits.


Spiritual Gathering: Navajos and Jews, Monument Valley, Arizona, 1994

Reproduced from Jews/America/A Representation with permission. Photographs by Frédéric Brenner with an essay by Simon Schama. Published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, 1996.

Other Titles of Possible Interest:

The Sculptor Speaks: Jacob Epstein to Arnold L. Haskell:
A Series of Conversations on Art
730.924 Epstein

The Pictographs of Adolph Gottlieb
759.13 Pictographs

Barnett Newman: The Prints 1961-1969
769.924 Newman

Painting a Place in America: Jewish Artists in New York 1900-1945
704.03924 Painting

Jewish-American Artists and the Holocaust
704.94994 Baigell

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