Gabriela Landau exhibits 'Photographic Memories' at The Jewish Museum of Florida |
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| Written by rubin |
| Monday, 23 February 2009 22:02 |
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Home to a large Jewish community, the Lower East Side was bustling with activity. Corner delis, street vendors, busy pedestrians, piles of pretzels and handwritten Yiddish signs were some of the scenes and characters Landau captured. This colorful world, long gone, is suspended in time in her photographs. The Brooklyn Museum of Art and University of Lyons, France have some of these photographs in their permanent collection. Gabriela Landau received her photographic training in New York City from Victor Laredo, a well-known photographer who has authored several books. She worked with Fritz Henle, former Life Magazine photographer, administering his studio and work in New York. Edward Steichen, first curator of photography of the New York Museum of Modern Art, requested her work for an exhibition. Landau, who has received numerous honors, specializes in documentary black-and-white photography. She has been published in the New York Times, American Annual of Photography, Modern Photography, Salon Photography, and Behold a Great Image by the Jewish Publication Society.  Landau produced promotional and advertising materials for the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New York and for the Greater Miami Jewish Federation. She has had exhibits at the New York Public Library, the Hillel House at Northwestern University, the Newburg New York Library and the JCC of Cleveland and placed first in several of the annual photographers' exhibits.Gabriela Landau was born in Germany and immigrated to Panama in 1939 with her family, and then to Jacksonville, Florida in 1941. She met her husband, Rabbi Sol Landau, in New York where they married in 1951. They moved to congregations in many communities throughout the United States and then settled in Miami in 1965. She has been a leader in many Jewish organizations her entire life and has received awards for her lifetime of commitment, including the Museum's Breaking the Glass Ceiling Award in 1998. The Jewish Museum of Florida on South Beach is housed in two adjacent lovingly restored historic buildings that were once synagogues for Miami Beach's first Jewish congregation. The focal point of the Museum is MOSAIC: Jewish Life in Florida: 1763 to the Present, its core exhibit, and temporary Jewish history and art exhibits that change periodically. Currently showing is Florida Jews in Sports. A Collections & Research Center, several films, Timeline Wall of Jewish history, Museum Store and Bessie's Bistro. Accredited by the American Association of Museums, the Museum is located at 301 Washington Avenue, South Beach and is open daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. except Mondays and Civil and Jewish holidays. For information: 305-672-5044 or www.jewishmuseum.com Click on logo below to add this article to your favorite Social Website ~ |
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