Please join me in Toronto, Montréal, or online at one of the In-Person or Virtual Launches of my new book, THE POSTHUMOUS LANDSCAPE — Remnants of Jewish Life in Eastern Europe.
Dates, times, and registration links are on my website:
www.davidkaufmanphotography.com/events/
The photographs also tell the stories of the afterlives of those places, many repurposed, some lovingly cared for by non-Jews who remember, and others slowly returning to the earth, but which are preserved in this book’s pages.
Now available — For more information: is.gd/dkpbook
...that played a major role in the development of eastern European society and which left behind grand industrial complexes, urban neighbourhoods, architectural landmarks, beautiful synagogues, as well as vast cemeteries, and haunting memorials...
Book cover: The Posthumous Landscape: Remnants of Jewish Life in Eastern Europe, by David Kaufman
Photo of the interior of a restored historic synagogue in Lancut, Poland
Text: "If previous experience is any indication, as time goes on these Jewish historical sites will change; many will deteriorate and be lost, and decades hence, photographs will be all that remain to remind us of many of these places and the people who lived there." -David Kaufman
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦: 𝘙𝘦𝘮𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘑𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘌𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦 is more than an act of preserving memory. Kaufman brings his decades of documentary storytelling experience to bear, illuminating these places left behind. His photographs and accompanying texts describe a historic community...
Some photos from my new book, The Posthumous Landscape: Remnants of Jewish Life in Eastern Europe, just published by @figure1publishing.bsky.social — It features photos of Jewish historical places, made between 2007-2016, with essays and textual notes. Now available. More info: https://is.gd/dkpbook
The Serendippity Four: Shura Lipovsky, Theodore Bikel, Tamara Brooks, and Merima Kljuco, August 2011
A look back at the KlezKanada Summer Retreat, where participants from around the world gather to celebrate and learn the living traditions of Yiddish arts and culture.
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Frank London of the Klezmatics leads a brass workshop, KlezKanada 2010
A look back to years gone by at the KlezKanada Summer Retreat, where participants from around the world gather to celebrate and learn the living traditions of Yiddish arts and culture.
@klezkanada.bsky.social
The wedding of musician Ilya Shneyveys and cantor Sarah Myerson, KlezKanada 2016
A look back to years gone by at the KlezKanada Summer Retreat, where participants from around the world gather to celebrate and learn the living traditions of Yiddish arts and culture.
@klezkanada.bsky.social
Steve Weintraub leading dancing on Friday evening before the Sabbath, KlezKanada 2015
A look back to years gone by at the KlezKanada Summer Retreat, where participants from around the world gather to celebrate and learn the living traditions of Yiddish arts and culture.
@klezkanada.bsky.social
Musicians jamming before the Backwards March to greet the Sabbath, KlezKanada 2013
A look back to years gone by at the @KlezKanada Summer Retreat, where participants from around the world gather to celebrate and learn the living traditions of Yiddish arts and culture.
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@klezkanada.bsky.social
Christian Dawid and Zach Mayer lead an instrumental class, 2012
A look back to years gone by at the KlezKanada Summer Retreat, the annual festival where participants from around the world gather to celebrate and learn the living traditions of Yiddish arts and culture.
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@klezkanada.bsky.social
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August in Toronto — photos from a time when the midway was a major attraction at the Canadian National Exhibition. Images from 2009. @letsgototheex
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