Jason Eskenazi and Jennifer Gould (1999): Mountain Jews: A Lost Tribe, 1999

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.25 Linear Feet

Scope and content:

Portfolio comprises four 16x20 inch gelatin silver prints by photographer Jason Eskenazi forming part of the documentary project, Mountain Jews: A Lost Tribe, by Eskenazi and Jennifer Gould. These images of a customer getting a shave in a barber shop, men gathering at a crossroads to chat, women walking through a Jewish cemetery, and a village maternity ward are part of a project to document a centuries-old Jewish village in the Caucasus Mountains and its transition from traditional ways of life. This work was awarded the 1999 Lange-Taylor Prize by the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University.

Biographical / historical:

Jason Eskenazi (1960- ) is an author, editor, and photographer based in New York City. He is best known for his trilogy of photobooks in which he documents Soviet Russia and New York's East and West Sides. Two of these books were published simultaneously in 2019. His work is held by the Brooklyn Museum and the Leica Gallery. Eskenazi co-founded Red Hook Editions, a publishing cooperative of photographers. He is co-creator of a photography zine/newspaper titled Dog Food , blending cynic philosophy and photography. He and his project partner Jennifer Gould were awarded the 1999 Lange-Taylor Prize from the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University.

[Source: Photographer's website and Wikipedia, viewed October 2019]

Physical facet:

4 photographic prints

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