Henryk Ross photographing for identification cards, Jewish Administration, Statistics Department

Overview
Artist:
Henryk Ross
Polish, 1910 - 1991
Title
Henryk Ross photographing for identification cards, Jewish Administration, Statistics Department
Date
c. 1941
Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
6 × 8.5 cm (2 3/8 × 3 3/8 in.) Mat: 35.6 × 27.9 cm (14 × 11 in.)
Credit Line
Gift from Archive of Modern Conflict, 2007
Object Number
2007/2373
Type of object
Photograph
Inscriptions and marks
Inscriptions
Inscribed in pencil on verso: 300
Extended Label
Ross devised a clever technique for producing identification photographs: he placed his subjects in rows, captured every person in a single frame, and then cropped the print to individual faces. This method allowed him to save film, which he used to take unofficial photographs of the ghetto.
Exhibitions & Publications
Published References
Frolick, Stuart I. (2017, June), "Eyewitness: Henryk Ross: Only the Pictures Remain", Black and White Magazine: For Collectors of Fine Photography, Issue 121, p. 73. Sutnik, Maia Mari. Memory Unearthed: The Lodz Ghetto Photographs of Henryk Ross. Exhibition Catalogue. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 2015, front and back cover; pg 29 (fig. 2).