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because everybody looks in
New York. It goes to letting
go and going out.”
Dash Moore, who lived in
New York for a time, began
this book in 2005 and did
her research by visiting the
city’s historical centers and
photographers’ studios. She
has written almost 10 books
in addition to this one.
Although she personally
takes photos of personal
value, a deeper interest in
photography has been with
her husband, Macdonald
Moore.
“I co-authored a book
called Cityscapes: A History
of New York in Images,”
she said. “It also has
photographs, but they’re
meant to exemplify many
different aspects of New York
City — the politics, work
people did, where they lived,
etc.
“The new book is making
a specific claim for a Jewish
interpretation of New
York City life. I’m treating
the photographs not as
illustrative but more of
Jewish culture and making
a case they should be
understood the way we read
stories.
“The work on Cityscapes
was one inspiration, but I
think when I started looking
at these photos, I fell in
love with them. It was very
hard to narrow it down
to 150. Photography is a
democratic medium open
potentially to anybody.
How these people became
photographers and what
they saw became very
inspiring.”
That inspiration is
leading her to writing
another book about
photographers. It has
to do with European
photographers who escaped
the Nazis by going to other
parts of the world. She
considers a camera a kind
of passport because they
offer portable employment.
Pictures can be taken
basically anywhere.
“There’s an exhibit that
we’re working on that’s going
to open at the beginning
of March called Camera
as Passport: The Ship of
Photographers, and it
focuses specifically on one
ship that left Marseilles,
France, in 1941 with seven
photographers on board.
“The exhibit looks at their
work, which is very diverse.
It’s going to be in Weiser
Hall. It’s being done with the
Weiser Center for European
and Eurasian Studies in Ann
Arbor.”
Dash Moore, 77, whose
observation of Judaism
is divided between
Temple Beth Emeth and
the Reconstructionist
Congregation in Ann Arbor,
said the new book results
from looking at hundreds
and hundreds of pictures.
“From the camera, pho-
tographers got a chance to
see their city, their neigh-
bors and themselves,” Dash
Moore said. “They came to
appreciate what the city was
and could be. They thought
cameras were tools to help
make a better world.”
MAC MOORE
Deborah
Dash
Moore
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