MEMORY UNEARTHED

Emotionally resonant photographs of everyday life in the ghetto Jewish people from Lódz taken during World War II From 1941 to 1944, the Polish Jewish photographer Henryk Ross (1910-1991) was a member of a team official documenting the implementation of Nazi policies in the ghetto Lódz. Secretly, he captured everyday moments on film music and intimate aspects of Jewish life. In 1944, he buried thousands of negatives for attempt to save this secret disc. After the war, Ross returned to Poland to recover them. Although some have been destroyed by nature and the time, many negatives have survived. This fascinating volume, originally published in 2015 and now available in paperback, presents a selection of Ross images as well as original prints and other documents archival material, including curfew notices and newspapers. The photographs offer a striking and moving portrayal of one of the greatest tragedies of humanity. Striking both for their historical content and their artistic quality, his photographs have a raw intimacy and a power emotional that remain intact. Maia-Mari Sutnik is curator of the photography at the Art Gallery of Ontario and adjunct professor at the School of Image Arts at Ryerson University.