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Thursday, October 23

Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers
Curated by Deobrah Dash Moore and Louis Kaplan
Time:
5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Location:
American Jewish Museum, JCC of Greater Pittsburgh, 5738 Forbes Ave, Pgh, PA 15217
Streaming Link:
https://jccpgh.formstack.com/forms/camera_as_passport
Sponsored by:
European Studies Center along with Jewish Studies Center, Film and Media Studies, Horror Studies Program, JCC Pittsburgh (American Jewish Museum), CMU Jewish Studies, The Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh and University of Michigan
Cost:
Free (RSVP's are encouraged)
Contact Phone:
412-697-3231
Contact Email:
mhiller@jccpgh.org
http://jccpgh.org

This powerful exhibition features 36 striking images that trace the remarkable journeys of eight European photographers who, facing Nazi persecution in the 1930s and ’40s, used their cameras as tools of escape, survival, and reinvention.

Curated by:
Deborah Dash Moore
Jonathan Freedman Distinguished University Professor of History & Judaic Studies, University of Michigan
Louis Kaplan
Professor of History and Theory of Photography and New Media, University of Toronto

Exhibition will be on view from August 20, 2025-Jan 30, 2026