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tion that followed
destroyed his
business. In 1958,
One of the great social documentary
photographers of the 20th century, Milton he turned to pho-
tography to make a living.
Rogovin was born in New York City in
Rogovin is now 96. His photographs are
1909 to Jewish Russian immigrants. He
graduated from Columbia University in
in the permanent collections of dozens of
prominent museums around the world,
1931 with a degree in optometry.
including the Bibliotheque Nationale
"The loss of my father's business, his
in Paris, the Museum of Modern Art in
following death and the concrete events
New York, the J. Paul Getty
I witnessed of people suf-
Museum in Los Angeles
fering every day during
and the Victoria and Albert
the Depression completely
Museum in London. He has
changed my thinking, and,
had eight books published
as a result, I became politi-
on his photography.
cally active:' he recalled in
Rogovin's lens has illumi-
an interview.
nated the prominent social
Rogovin moved to
issues of the day — from
Buffalo, N.Y., in 1938,
the effect of the economic
where he established his
Milton Rogov in, right, and
embargoes
on the Cuban
own optometric practice,
his late wife, Anne
people and the plight of the
married and raised a fam-
miner in 10 nations to the
ily. He served with the U.S.
struggle of the poor living on Buffalo's
Army overseas as an optometrist until his
Lower West Side. His sole purpose: to help
discharge in 1945.
the viewer see the people in his photo-
In 1952, Rogovin was called before
graphs in a new light, as people of dignity
the House Un-American Activities
and strength.
Committee. The Buffalo News head-
Throughout his career, Rogovin's wife,
line about his testimony named him
Anne, was his collaborator, organizer and
"Buffalo's Top Red," and the persecu-
companion. She died in
2003.
In 1999, the Library
of Congress acquired
1,130 of Rogovin's master prints, his nega-
tives, contact sheets and published works.
He was the first photographer in 30 years
to be selected for this honor.
Detroit's Swords Into Plowshares
Gallery will host the exhibit "The
Photographs of Milton Rogovin" Sept. 16-
Oct. 21. There will be an opening recep-
tion 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16.
The gallery is located at 33 E. Adams
Avenue, in Detroit. Gallery hours are 11
a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays or by appointment. (313) 963-
7575.
Windy City Music
A graduate of the Rubin Academy of
Music in Tel Aviv who became a member
of the Israel Chamber Orchestra, violist
Rami Solomonow moved to the U.S.
in 1973. From 1974-1995, he served as
principal violist for the Lyric Opera of
Chicago. In 1995, he became a member of
the Chicago String Quartet. He also has
performed as a soloist and chamber musi-
cian in numerous music festivals in the
U.S. and abroad in Israel, Japan and South
America.
Currently, Solomonow is a member of
the Chicago Chamber Musicians, which
was founded in 1986 by a group of promi-
nent musicians and
chamber music devo-
tees for the purpose of
building an internation-
ally recognized Chicago
institution devoted
to the study and per-
formance of chamber
music. The ensemble of
Rami
13 artists, together with
Solomonow
various internationally
known guests, explores selections from the
entire chamber music literature, culminat-
ing in public performances.
At 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16, the ensem-
ble takes the stage at Seligman Performing
Arts Center in Beverly Hills in the debut
concert of the 2006-2007 Chamber Music
Society of Detroit season. Joining violist
Solomonow in Mozart's Flute Quartet in D
Major, Harbison's Six American Painters
and Schubert's Octet will be Larry Combs,
clarinet; Mathieu Dufour, flute; Joseph
Genualdi, violin; Jasmine Lin, violin;
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Special to the Jewish News
Movie Premieres
The Last Kiss and The Black Dahlia
4 .1 open in theaters on Friday, Sept.
15. Kiss stars Zach Braff as a guy
11
to
4 who refuses
commit when
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(1111)
Mia Kirshner
his hot girlfriend
(Jacinda Barrett)
becomes preg-
nant. Instead,
he starts flirt-
ing with a sexy,
younger college
student, played by Rachel Bilson
(the co-star of TV's The OC, she is
Jewish on her father's side.)
Black Dahlia is based on a real
case that riveted Los Angeles in the
1940s and has never been solved:
the murder of pretty, aspiring
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actress Elizabeth Short.
Jewish actress Mia Kirshner
(The L Word) has a supporting role
as Short, and Scarlett Johansson,
whose mother is Jewish, stars as
a very steamy woman who's in
a romantic triangle with the two
detectives investigating Short's
murder.
Go Tigers
Johansson, 21, is not only beautiful
and a good actress, but she seems
to impress everyone who meets her
with her intel-
ligence and wit.
So it's no sur-
prise that Bob
Dylan recently
recruited her
to star in the
music video of
Bob Dylan
his song "When
the Deal Goes Down" from his new
CD, Modern Times.
You can see the "Deal" video on
AOL, along with other Dylan vid-
eos. All of AOL, including the Dylan
music-video archive, is now free to
everyone, AOL member or not. Plus,
Dylan's weekly radio show on XM
satellite radio is now being carried
for free by AOL. (Go to aol.com , hit
"Music" above the search box and
enter "Dylan.")
By the way, Dylan recently told
Rolling Stone magazine that the
Tigers are his favorite baseball team.
Studio 60 depicts the backstage
scenario at the fictional "NBS"
network's top-rated TV program,
a Saturday Night Live-type sketch
comedy show. In the premiere epi-
sode, the show's executive producer,
played by Judd Hirsch, has a melt-
down during a live broadcast.
NBS' new president, played by
Amanda Peet, quickly moves to
smooth over the public fallout by
hiring back two former key employ-
ees (Bradley Whitford and Matthew
Perry). They had left after disagree-
ments with NBS' chairman, played
by Jewish actor Steven Weber
TV Premieres
(Wings).
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, creat-
ed by Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing),
Hirsch, who currently co-stars in
CBS' Numb3rs, will appear only in
the Studio 60 premiere. Peet, whose
mother is Jewish, is a series regular,
as is Weber.
Debuting on CBS at 8 p.m.
is NBC's most highly touted new
show of the fall season, and advance
reviews of the show are very good. It
premieres 10 p.m. Monday, Sept.18.