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Roman Vishniac

1897 - 1990

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Roman Vishniac (; Russian: Рома́н Соломо́нович Вишня́к; August 19, 1897 – January 22, 1990) was a Russian-American photographer, best known for capturing on film the culture of Jews in Central and Eastern Europe before the Holocaust. A major archive of his work was housed at the International Center of Photography until 2018, when Vishniac's daughter, Mara Vishniac Kohn, donated it to The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life at the University of California, Berkeley. Vishniac was a versatile photographer, an accomplished biologist, an art collector and teacher of art history. He also made significant scientific contributions to photomicroscopy and time-lapse photography. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roman Vishniac is the 92nd most popular photographer (up from 96th in 2019), the 1,681st most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,602nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Russian Photographer.

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Roman Vishniac ranks 92 out of 148. Before him are Kishin Shinoyama, Helen Levitt, Alexandre Michon, Mario Testino, Guy Bourdin, and Henry Peach Robinson. After him are Weegee, Paolo Monti, Spencer Tunick, Francesca Woodman, Willy Ronis, and Ellen von Unwerth.

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Among people born in 1897, Roman Vishniac ranks 226. Before him are Ulises Poirier, Betty Compson, Gene Tunney, Antonio Campolo, Erik Malmberg, and Max Newman. After him are Luis Batlle Berres, Joaquín Vázquez, Jean Cassou, Martti Marttelin, Moe Howard, and Nikolai Gikalo. Among people deceased in 1990, Roman Vishniac ranks 201. Before him are Cemal Süreya, Marino Morettini, Juliet Berto, Kenjiro Takayanagi, Walter Bruch, and Willy Vandersteen. After him are Manuel Anatol, Oscarino Costa Silva, David White, Laurence J. Peter, Ivar Lo-Johansson, and Georges de Rham.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Roman Vishniac ranks 1,681 out of 3,761. Before him are Nikolai Kryuchkov (1911), Eugene Lanceray (1875), Nikolay Makarov (1914), Aristarkh Belopolsky (1854), Olena Apanovych (1919), and Yevgeny Yevstigneyev (1926). After him are Teresa Feoderovna Ries (1874), Aleksei Arbuzov (1908), Zedd (1989), Vladimir Kokkinaki (1904), Yury Trifonov (1925), and Anatoli Ilyin (1931).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In Russia

Among photographers born in Russia, Roman Vishniac ranks 2. Before him are Alexander Rodchenko (1891).

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