Penny Wolin—Descendants of Light: American Photographers of Jewish Ancestry

Date: 
July 07, 2022
TIME: 
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Location: 
Virtual
City: 
San Francisco
Cost: 
Free

SHARE:

Join New Lehrhaus as they explore the motivations of Jews in photography.

“It is not a coincidence,” says photographer Penny Wolin “that Jews are attracted to the alchemy of photography and photography has found its storytellers in Jews.” Over six years, Wolin had in-person encounters with 70 leading American Jewish photographers, including Robert Frank, Annie Leibovitz, and Arnold Newman. With a visual and verbal discussion, we will explore the motivations of Jews in photography.

Interests: Arts & Culture
Organized By: 
JCCSF
Event Contact Person: 
JCCSF
415.292.1200
Speakers: 
Penny Wolin 
Penny Wolin has authored three photographic monographs; her photographs are collected by the Smithsonian American Art Museum; she is the recipient of two National Endowment for the Humanities grants; was a contract photographer with LIFE Magazine; studied film at the American Film Institute and Visual Anthropology at UCLA.