Photography Exhibit at NYC'sAngel Orensanz Foundation
Artist reception open to all, Thursday, October 28, 6:30 PM- 9:30 PM
NEW YORK, NY October 29 - Palaces of Prayer, an exhibit of more than 60 large-format color photographs of synagogues by internationally renowned architectural photographer Laszlo Regos, opens today at the Angel Orensanz Foundation (172 Norfolk Street, NYC). The exhibition, which will be on view Monday through Fridays, 11:00am to 6:00pm, through November 19, 2004, is jointly sponsored by: the Eldridge Street Project, The Lower East Side Conservancy and the Angel Orensanz Foundation.
Palaces of Prayer presents an extraordinary representation of Regos' large format photographs of synagogues from New York City, its historic Lower East Side, to his native country of Hungary and across his adopted homeland, the United States.
Regos, a native of Hungary, is a Detroit-based architectural photographer whose work has taken him around the globe and whose award-winning photographs have appeared in numerous prestigious design publications and in several books. The son of Holocaust survivors, and a grandson of those who perished in World War II, Regos' mission is to preserve in large format photographs the most significant American synagogues and to publish a book on the subject.
He has photographed more than 70 synagogues, from the Frank Lloyd Wright designed Congregation Beth Sholom, in Elkins Park, PA, to New York City's Temple Emanu-El, Central Synagogue, Park East, and historic Lower East Side synagogues, including the Bialystroker, Eldridge Street, Orensanz Center, Stanton Street Synagogues, as well as synagogues in Pittsburgh, Chicago, Detroit, Miami, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Harvey Friedrich, executive director of the Frank Lloyd Wright designed Beth Sholom synagogue, described Regos as a photographer with "an exceptional eye." "Laszlo looks at a building in ways other people do not normally see it. That is where his creativity really shines. Many of his synagogue photographs are breathtaking."
About the sponsors:
The Angel Orensanz Foundation (http://www.orensanz.org), a non-profit cultural corporation founded by artists inspired by sculptor Angel Orensanz, is housed in the oldest New York temple (1849), and a center of contemporary arts and educational programs.
The Eldridge Street Project (http://www.eldridgestreet.org), a not for profit cultural organization, is restoring the landmark Eldridge Street Synagogue as the focal point of a Jewish heritage center for the 21st century.
The Lower East Side Conservancy (http://www.nycjewishtours.org/) is a nonprofit historic preservation and heritage tourism organization preserving and promoting the Lower East Side's historic and present-day Jewish cultural identity.
For more information, contact Angel Orensanz Foundation (212) 529-7194.
Palaces of Prayer, the Exhibition Catalogue
| Temple Emanu-El | New York, N.Y. |
| Central Syn. | New York, N.Y. |
| B'nai Jeshurun | New York, N.Y. |
| Park Avenue | New York, N.Y. |
| Shearit Israel | New York, N.Y. |
| Rhodef Shalom | New York, N.Y. |
| Park East Syn. | New York, N.Y. |
| Bialystroker Syn. | New York, N.Y |
| Eldridge Street Syn. | New York, N.Y |
| Kehila Kedosha Janina | New York, N.Y. |
| Edath Lei Israel | New York, N.Y. |
| Staton Street | New York, N.Y. |
| Community Syn. | New York, N.Y. |
| Beth Hamedrash Hagodol | New York, N.Y. |
| Orensanz Center | New York, N.Y. |
| Tifereth Israel | Port Chester, N.Y. |
| Temple Emanu-El | Paterson, N.J. |
| Touro Synagogue | Newport, RI |
| Rodef Shalom | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Beth Sholom | Elkins Park, PA |
| Cong. Mickve Israel | Savannah, GA |
| Temple Emanu-El | Miami Beach, FL |
| Temple Israel--Gumenick Chapel | Miami, FL |
| Wilshire Blvd. Temple | Los Angeles, CA. |
| Temple Emanu-El | San Francisco |
| Temple Shearit Israel | San Francisco |
| Chicago Loop Synagogue | Chicago |
| North Shore Synagogue | Chicago |
| Agudas Achim North Shore | Chicago |
| Temple Beth-El | Bloomfield Hills,MI |
| Shaarey Zedek | Southfield,MI |
| Temple Shir Shalom | West Bloomfield, MI |
| Plum Street Synagogue | Cincinnati, OH |
| Dohany Street Synagogue | Budapest, Hungary |
| Kazinczy Sreet Syn. | Budapest, Hungary |
| Rumbach Street Syn. | Budapest, Hungary |
| Pava Utca Holocaust Museum | Budapest, Hungary |
| Szeged Syn | Hungary |
| Pecs | Hungary |
| Miskolc | Hungary |
| Mad | Hungary |
| Synagogue | Presov (Eperjes) Slovakia |
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