Shadow of Henryk Ross photographing [on official assignment] in the Lodz Ghetto

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Overview
Artist:
Henryk Ross
Polish, 1910 - 1991
Title
Shadow of Henryk Ross photographing [on official assignment] in the Lodz Ghetto
Date
1940-1944
Medium
35 mm cellulose nitrate negative
Dimensions
Overall (each image): 3.4 x 3.7 cm (1 5/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift from Archive of Modern Conflict, 2007
Object Number
2007/1973.10
Type of object
Negative
Extended Label
"My task was to take photographs for the [Statistics] Department, which gave me the authority to have a camera... Having an official camera, I was secretly able to photograph the life of the Jews."

- Henryk Ross
Exhibitions & Publications
Published References
Sutnik, Maia Mari. Memory Unearthed: The Lodz Ghetto Photographs of Henryk Ross. Exhibition Catalogue. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 2015, pg.9
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