Jewish photographer brings
发布: 2011-12-02 12:49 | 作者: 官舆珍翠 | 来源: 北美中医网--www.natcm.com
In 1922, a 20-year-old Russian named Sam Sanzetti arrived in Shanghai empty-handed. 35 years later he left for Israel, carrying in his suitcase some 20,000 photographs he had taken during his career. Today, after another 54 years, some of those pictures have finally made it back to Shanghai, where they are bringing faded memories back to life.
Sanzetti's Shanghai portraits wereレンタルサーバー rediscovered after his death in 1986, according to the China Daily. His stepson, who lives in Israel, has asked for help to identify the subjects in the photos and to find their children, so that copies can be presented to them.
"His stepson said Sanzetti loved his time in Shanghai and hoped the photos could come back to the city," said Oren Rozenblat, deputy consul general of Israel in Shanghai.
The Israeli Consulate has so far posted TOEICmore than 200 of the old photos on its Sina weibo in the hopes that netizens will identify the subjects.
"By unveiling the pictures online, we hope people can identify them and tell us the stories behind the photos," Chen Yuan, the consulate press officer, told Beijing Today.
Talented photographer
Sanzetti was born as Sioma Lifshitz to a Jテレビ会議システムewish family and moved to Shanghai with his parents in the aftermath of the 1917 Revolution.
Pan Guang, director at the Center for Jewish Studies Shanghai, revealed that Sanzetti had apprenticed under an American photographer before setting up his own studio in the 1920s on Nanjing Road, then the busiest commercial street and the hub of photo studios in Shanghai.
Sanzetti, dubbed one of the best photographers in China at the time, had made his name among all manner of people, including celebrities, film stars, young couples and children.
His portraits, with natural expressions,ウォーターサーバー soft color, pastel shades and simple backgrounds, are like oil paintings. Without color photography, Sanzetti also sometimes tinted monochrome pictures to make the images more vivid.
Sanzetti's Shanghai portraits wereレンタルサーバー rediscovered after his death in 1986, according to the China Daily. His stepson, who lives in Israel, has asked for help to identify the subjects in the photos and to find their children, so that copies can be presented to them.
"His stepson said Sanzetti loved his time in Shanghai and hoped the photos could come back to the city," said Oren Rozenblat, deputy consul general of Israel in Shanghai.
The Israeli Consulate has so far posted TOEICmore than 200 of the old photos on its Sina weibo in the hopes that netizens will identify the subjects.
"By unveiling the pictures online, we hope people can identify them and tell us the stories behind the photos," Chen Yuan, the consulate press officer, told Beijing Today.
Talented photographer
Sanzetti was born as Sioma Lifshitz to a Jテレビ会議システムewish family and moved to Shanghai with his parents in the aftermath of the 1917 Revolution.
Pan Guang, director at the Center for Jewish Studies Shanghai, revealed that Sanzetti had apprenticed under an American photographer before setting up his own studio in the 1920s on Nanjing Road, then the busiest commercial street and the hub of photo studios in Shanghai.
Sanzetti, dubbed one of the best photographers in China at the time, had made his name among all manner of people, including celebrities, film stars, young couples and children.
His portraits, with natural expressions,ウォーターサーバー soft color, pastel shades and simple backgrounds, are like oil paintings. Without color photography, Sanzetti also sometimes tinted monochrome pictures to make the images more vivid.