Displaced visions
Subtitle: émigré photographers of the 20th century
By: [curator] Nissan N. Perez
Contributors: Muzeʼon Yiśraʼel (Jerusalem)
Series: Catalogue / Israel Museum -- no. 593
Publisher: The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Jerusalem
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781848221307; 9789652784100
Subjects: Artistic Photography; Exhibitions; Documentary photography; Portrait photography; Immigrants in art; Itinerant artists; Photography
Description: The early practitioners of photography in the late 19th century and first decades of the 20th century shaped the evolving language of the medium by expanding the limits of the photographic vision. Many of these pioneers were immigrants - people displaced by choice or, quite often, by necessity. These photographers became observers and interpreters of their new surroundings through the filters of their different cultures, languages and religions. Photography in the 20th century (particularly the Modernist vision) is deeply indebted to them. Displaced Visions reconsiders the work and influence of key figures in modernist photography from the point of view of their status as immigrants, considering how this condition affected their vision and creativity and enhanced the development of the photographic language in general.
Notes: Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at Nathan Cummings 20th Century Art Building, the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, May 28-September 20, 2013.

Includes bibliographical references and index.