Roman Vishniac

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Roman Vishniac

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{{short description|Russian-American photographer}}
{{short description|Russian-American photographer}}
{{Family name hatnote|Solomonovich|Vishniac|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
|name = Roman Vishniac
|name = Roman Vishniac
|native_name = Роман Соломонович Вишняк
|native_name = Роман Вишняк
|native_name_lang = ru
|native_name_lang = ru
|image = Vishniac.jpg
|image = Vishniac.jpg
|caption = Roman Vishniac, 1977
|caption = Vishniac in 1977
|birth_date = {{birth date|1897|8|19}}
|birth_date = {{birth date|1897|8|19}}
|birth_place = [[Pavlovsk, Saint Petersburg|Pavlovsk]], [[Russian Empire]]
|birth_place = [[Pavlovsk, Saint Petersburg|Pavlovsk]], [[Russian Empire]]
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*{{marriage|Edith Ernst|1947}}
*{{marriage|Edith Ernst|1947}}
}}
}}
|children = [[Wolf V. Vishniac]] 1922–1973, Mara Vishniac 1926–2018
| children = 2, including [[Wolf V. Vishniac|Wolf V.]]
| relatives = {{ubl|[[Ethan Vishniac]]
(grandson)|[[Ilene Busch-Vishniac]] (granddaughter-in-law)}}
| relatives = {{ubl|[[Ethan Vishniac]]
(grandson)|[[Ilene Busch-Vishniac]] (granddaughter-in-law)}}
}}
}}


'''Roman Vishniac''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|v|ɪ|ʃ|n|i|æ|k}}; {{langx|ru|link=no|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 Europe|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]].{{cite web
'''Roman Vishniac''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|v|ɪ|ʃ|n|i|æ|k}}; {{langx|ru|Роман Соломонович Вишняк|Roman Solomonovich Visnyak}}; August 19, 1897 – January 22, 1990) was a [[Russian-American]] photographer, best known for capturing on film the culture of Jews in [[Central Europe|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]].{{cite web
|url = http://museum.icp.org/vishniac/
|url = http://museum.icp.org/vishniac/
|title = The Roman Vishniac Archive
|title = The Roman Vishniac Archive
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