Closer: Portraits of Survival
ObjektnummerM2017/015:014
TitelCloser: Portraits of Survival
Ophav Katherine Griffiths
BeskrivelseHelen Studencki (nee Freifeld) is one of the survivors photographed by Katherine Griffiths for the exhibition 'Closer: Portraits of Survival', sponsored by the JCA Szlamek and Ester Lipman Memorial Endowment Fund. Helen peers at a filigree silver Megillah, which holds sacred Jewish texts – a family heirloom given to her when she left Poland in 1959.
Sydney Jewish Museum Collection M2006/129
The survivor and the object are both witnesses to history and retainers of memory, embodiments of a traumatic past but also conduits to that past, vessels through which we can contemplate the profound and ongoing impact of the Holocaust.
In these photographs history and memory fuse seamlessly together. As the events of the Holocaust recede ever further into the past, it is the human as well as historical stories that the survivors and their objects convey that will emblazon this searing memory into the hearts and minds of succeeding generations. Through contemplating the stories of these individuals in tandem with the often humble, yet deeply significant objects they hold, the past is brought to bear in the present, compelling us to grapple with its meaning now and into the future.
Sydney Jewish Museum Collection M2006/129
The survivor and the object are both witnesses to history and retainers of memory, embodiments of a traumatic past but also conduits to that past, vessels through which we can contemplate the profound and ongoing impact of the Holocaust.
In these photographs history and memory fuse seamlessly together. As the events of the Holocaust recede ever further into the past, it is the human as well as historical stories that the survivors and their objects convey that will emblazon this searing memory into the hearts and minds of succeeding generations. Through contemplating the stories of these individuals in tandem with the often humble, yet deeply significant objects they hold, the past is brought to bear in the present, compelling us to grapple with its meaning now and into the future.
Produktionsdato 2016 - 2016
Emnesurvivors, volunteers, Judaica
Objektnavnphotographs
Mål
- width: 295.00 mm
height: 210.00 mm
KreditrammeSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Katherine Griffiths