Born in Tel Aviv, Israeli photographer Barry Frydlender is known for his large prints composed of dozens or even hundreds of individual shots assembled on a computer. Solo exhibitions of his work have been organized in Israel, the United States, France, England, and Greece. He is the recipient of the Gerard Levy Prize, Israel Museum (1985) and the Leon Constantiner Photography Prize (2001).
Alfred Eisenstaedt shot one of the most iconic photographs of the twentieth century in Times Square, where crowds were gathering to watch the electric news ticker for an anticipated announcement by U…
Janów, Poland, was home to a unique wooden synagogue. The town was settled by Jews toward the end of the seventeenth century, and, by 1739, the Jewish population formed the majority of the town’s…