Herman Mishkin
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Photograph by Mishkin of Rosa Raisa, 1917
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Pasquale Amato in Cyrano, circa 1913. Photo Herman Mishkin.
Herman Mishkin (March 1870 - February 6, 1948) was a Russian-American photographer in Manhattan, New York City. He specialized in photographing opera singers.[1] Mishkin was born in Minsk, Russia in March 1870. He migrated to the United States in 1885. He bought a camera and started taking photographs in the 1880s.[2] He married and had a son, Leo Mishkin.[3] He died on February 6, 1948.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Herman Mishkin". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 2012-12-15. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
Herman Mishkin was the foremost portrayer of Golden Era opera singers.
- ^ "Herman Mishkin". Broadway Photographers. University of South Carolina. December 31, 1980. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
- ^ "Leo Mishkin, Reviewed Movies, Theater and TV". New York Times. December 31, 1980. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
Born in New York the son of Herman Mishkin, photographer of the Metropolitan Opera from 1905 to 1932, Mr. Mishkin began his career as an office boy in the ...
- ^ "Herman Mishkin, 77, Opera Photographer". New York Times. February 7, 1948. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
Herman Mishkin, retired photographer who did much work for the Metropolitan Opera Company, died yesterday in his home, 139 West Eighty-second Street, after ...
External links[]
Media related to Herman Mishkin at Wikimedia Commons
Works written by or about Herman Mishkin at Wikisource
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- 1871 births
- 1948 deaths
- Photographers from New York City
- People from Manhattan
- Russian emigrants to the United States
- Artists from Minsk
- American photographer stubs