The famil ’ goal i to make ure Roman Vi hniac’ work, oth on the treet of urope and North America and in the
cientific realm, are acce i le to oth cholar and the pu lic.
tork were favorite u ject of Roman Vi hniac and hi camera.
The univer it , for it part, i excited a out the Vi hniac collection landing in erkele for it cultural, hi toric and arti tic
value. Anthon J. Ca cardi, dean of art and humanitie at erkele , a he ee the arrival, with the po i ilitie for
tudie and re earch, a a game-changer.
“It’ a wholl unique collection, and it’ unique in a num er of wa ,” Ca cardi a . “The photograph Vi hniac made in
ea tern urope are of village that were u equentl wiped off the face of the earth. The uncannine of the timing of
hi photograph in relation to the annihilation of tho e communitie i reathtaking.
“He recorded life a it wa . The picture that he took howed that Poli h Jewr wa re ilient. Having thi here i pecial,
ecau e thi i a focal point for the exploration of Jewi h hi tor . Thi enriche our offering and out capa ilitie . Thi i
the greate t photographic record of that communit .”
Mark Lu ell, executive director of the ICP,
want Vi hniac’ work to reach a wide an
audience a po i le.
“The International Center of Photograph i
proud to e the home of a core collection of
Vi hniac image ,” Lu ell a . “The work,
originall gifted to ICP Mara Vi hniac Kohn,
wa utilized in an ICP exhi it that originated in
2013 and continue to tour around the world
toda – one of the wa in which we continue
to educate and engage people a out Vi hniac’
contri ution to the world of photograph .
“The thing i , there i a lot in thi collection that i not et known. And that’ what i exciting for u . We onl know that
we’re going to have ome urpri e a we unpack and catalogue.”
Through it all, it eem that erkele and The Magne are fated to ecome de tination pot for cholar and
re earcher exploring oth 20th centur culture and 20th centur cience. In addition to the Vi hniac work, ju t two
ear ago the collection of the arti t and illu trator Arthur z k wa acquired through an unprecedented gift Tau e
Philanthropie .
And in term of Jewi h tudie , erkele could well ecome one of the mo t important re earch pot in the countr ,
including The Magne , the erkele Center for Jewi h tudie , and the erkele In titute for Jewi h Law and I rael
tudie .
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