Bronx–born American photographer Joel Meyerowitz began his career as an advertising art director, but taught himself photography after an encounter with Robert Frank, and became a freelance photographer in 1963. He is known especially for his documentary photographs of New York and New Yorkers and for his pioneering work in color photography. His work has appeared in more than 350 exhibitions in museums and galleries and he has published sixteen books. In the immediate aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack, Meyerowitz began the World Trade Center Archive, with some 8,000 images created in partnership with the Museum of the City of New York.
The only image of the interior of the first synagogue of Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim, a congregation established in Charleston in 1749, is this picture, painted from memory by Solomon Nunes Carvalho. The…
Dialoghi di m. Magino Gabrielli Hebreo, sopra l’utile sue inventioni circa la seta (Dialogues of Magino Gabrielli, Hebrew, On the Utility of His Inventions in Silk Production), printed in Rome, is a…
Alfred Bernheim’s intimate portrait of Hannah Arendt portrays her as casual and self-confident, lounging on a couch and smoking a cigarette. Arendt was one of the most famous intellectuals of the…