Seeing the non-existent
- press photography as a narrative medium
about Jewish cultural life in Poland Cover Image

Zobaczyć nieistniejące – przyczynek do refleksji nad fotografią polskojęzycznej prasy żydowskiej jako medium narracyjnym o życiu kulturalnym w międzywojennej Polsce
Seeing the non-existent - press photography as a narrative medium about Jewish cultural life in Poland

Author(s): Monika Szabłowska-Zaremba
Subject(s): Photography, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), History of Art
Published by: Wyższa Szkoła Gospodarki w Bydgoszczy (WSG)
Keywords: Jewish Press in Polish 1918-1939; press photography; „Nasz Przegląd” [“Our Re- view”]; „Chwila” [„Moment”]; „Nowy Głos” [„The New Voice”];

Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on selected illustrated supplements published in conjunctionwith Jewish newspapers published in Polish: “Nasz Przegląd”, “Chwila” and “Nowy Głos”. Thequestion around which the reflections are focused concerns the relationship between photog-raphy and memory. It is important to define the role and significance of press photography inthe interwar period and what it means to the contemporary viewer today. Important photog-raphers are cited (L. Forbert, J. Bojm, A. Kacyzne, M. Kipnis, B. Dorys, „Rembrandt”, Kuszer).Three spaces related to cultural life were presented: theatrical, literary and painting, pointingto specific examples of photographs depicting these activities.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 15
  • Page Range: 219-235
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish
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