Nissan N. Perez

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Residence Mevaseret Zion, Israel Years active 1970–present		Nationality Israeli

Born December 18, 1946 (age 70) ( 1946-12-18 ) Istanbul, Turkey Notable work Displaced Visions: Emigré Photographers of the 20th Century; Revelation: Representations of Christ in Photography Spouse(s) Edna Jospe Perez (m. 1987) Website nnperez.com (Official Website)

Dr. Nissan Nisso Perez (born December 18, 1946) is a photography historian, researcher and curator. From 1977 until 2013 Perez was senior curator of the Noel and Harriette Levine Department of Photography at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, which he conceived and founded. During his curatorial career he had conceived and curated over 180 exhibitions in Israel and worldwide and has published a substantial number of articles, catalogs and books.

Selected Photography Exhibitions

Displaced Visions: Emigré Photographers of the 20th Century (2013)

Double Take: The Tanenbaum and Willens Photography Collections (2013)

Eugene Atget: As Paris Was (2012)

Helmar Lerski: Working Hands, Photographs from the 1940s (2011)

New in Photography : Recent Acquisitions (2010)

A Rare Gift: The Noel and Harriette Levine Collection of Photographs (2010)

Picturing Jerusalem (2007)

Engagement: Israeli Photography Now (2007)

Beyond Time: Photographs from the Gary B. Sokol Collection (2006)

All That's Not Me: Kimiko Yoshida, Photographs (2006)

Camera Sacra: Capturing the Soul of Nature (2005)

Old-New Land: Pioneers of Photography in Israel (2003)

Revelation: Representations of Christ in Photography (2003)

Weegee's Story: A Photojournalist in the 1940s (2002)

Travelogue 1927: Photographs by Luciano Morpurgo in Mandatory Palestine (2001)

Time Frame: A Century of Photography in the Land of Israel (2000)

Harold Edgerton: In a Flash (1997)

Mendel John Diness: A Photographer in Jerusalem (1997)

Dalia Amotz 1938-1994 (1995)

References

Nissan N. Perez Wikipedia

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