“Poland’s Jewish Ghosts”
June 24th, 2009 by Menachem Wecker
My review of “Of Life and Loss: The Polish Photographs of Roman Vishniac and Jeffrey Gusky,” at the Detroit Institute of Arts through July 12, appears in this week’s Jewish Press.
In the article I suggest that although Vishniac is very well known, and Gusky is not, viewers should not be so quick to dismiss the latter as the student and the former as the master. In my estimation, Gusky’s photography holds up very well under careful scrutiny.
Image: Jeffrey Gusky, Desecrated Synagogue and Jewish School, Dzialoszyce, 1999, baryta fiber print, © Jeffrey Gusky.
Also see my interview with Rabbi Aaron Spiegel, who identified Vishniac as one of his favorite artists.