Live & Learn with Jono David
Tues., July 13 (10:30 am – 12 noon)
Life Before the Holocaust: Portraits of Character

This presentation is a photographic celebration of personality and identity that thaws the invariable freeze-frame of history within which survivors are portrayed. Photographer Jono David’s portraits reveal layers of joy, success, and memories that weave a life together. In this presentation, Jono delineates the aims of his project, contrasts his work to that of other photographers, and challenges the audience members to recalibrate their survivor impressions. The audience will also hear directly from five survivors in a short video.  Check eblast for Zoom link.

Jono David is an American-British independent photographer who, since the 1990s, has traveled the globe to amass what is perhaps the most extensive archive of contemporary images of Jewish heritage and heritage sites in the world – a growing compendium of more than 120,000 photographs from 116 countries and territories. His work has been exhibited at several museums including the Beit Hatfutsot Museum (Tel Aviv), the Irish Jewish Museum (Dublin), the South African Jewish Museum (Cape Town), the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre (Johannesburg), and the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center (Skokie, IL). Jono resides in Tokyo where he lectures in English at several universities. His online Jewish photo archive is www.JewishPhotoLibrary.com. For his other photographic pursuits, visit his online portfolio: www.jonoDavid.com. Jono recently published two books, both available on Amazon: The Jews of Africa: Lost Tribes, Found Communities, Emerging Faiths and Life Before the Holocaust: Portraits of Character.