What is Roman Vishniac?
{{Infobox person |name = Roman Vishniac (Роман Вишняк) |image = Vishniac.jpg |caption = Roman Vishniac, 1977. Photo by [[Andrew A. Skolnick]] |birth_date = {{birth date|1897|8|19}} |birth_place = [[Pavlovsk, Saint Petersburg|Pavlovsk]], [[Russian Empire]] |death_date = {{death date and age|1990|1|22|1897|8|19}} |death_place = [[New York City]], United States |occupation = [[Photographer]], [[Biologist]] |nationality = Russian, American |spouse = {{marriage|Luta (Leah) Bagg |1918|1946}}<br />{{marriage|Edith Ernst |1947|1990}} |children = [[Wolf V. Vishniac]] 1922-1973, Mara Vishniac b. 1926 }} '''Roman Vishniac''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|v|ɪ|ʃ|n|i|.|æ|k}}; {{lang-ru|Рома́н Соломо́нович Вишня́к}}; August 19, 1897 – January 22, 1990) was a [[Russia]]n-[[United States|American]] [[photographer]] and a [[biologist]]. He is well known for taking pictures of [[Jew]]ish culture in Central and Eastern Europe before the [[Holocaust]]. Many of these pictures are in his book, ''A Vanished World'', published in 1983. ==Other websites== {{wikiquote-inline}} {{commons category}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Vishniac, Roman}} [[Category:American photographers]] [[Category:Russian photographers]] [[Category:1897 births]] [[Category:1990 deaths]] {{US-bio-stub}}