Rita Ostrovskaya (Ukrainian: Рита Островська; born 1953) is a Ukrainian photographer, living in Kassel, Germany. Her work has contributed to the preservation of traces of Jewish culture in Ukraine.[1][2][3] Ostrovskaya's work is held in the collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.[4]

Work

Ostrovskaya was born in Kyiv.[5] She studied cinematography and journalism in Leningrad.[6]

Her large-scale project Jews in the Ukraine contains a series of photographs of typical Jewish towns—shtetl—in Ukraine, and the lives of Jews living in them. It was made between 1989 and 2001, beginning with Shargorod, at a time of significant change. Her accompanying text describes Jewish customs and cultural rituals that were being practiced.[5]

Since 2001, she has been living and working in Kassel, Germany.[2] She is also a ceramicist.

Publications

  • Jews in the Ukraine. With photographs and accompanying text by Ostrovskaya.
    • Jews in the Ukraine: 1898–1994 Shtetls. Berlin: Hatje Cantz, 1996. ISBN 978-3-89322-852-2. English-language version.
    • Juden in der Ukraine. Berlin: Hatje Cantz, 1996. ISBN 3-89322-763-6. German-language version.

Collections

Ostrovskaya's work is held in the following permanent collection:

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Фотограф Рита Островская". Музей Российской Фотографии. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  2. 1 2 "4 Ukrainian women in "World history of women-photographers"". The Odessa Journal. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  3. ↑ Lebart, Luce; Robert, Marie (2020). Une histoire mondiale des femmes photographes. Paris: Textuel. ISBN 978-2-84597-843-0.
  4. 1 2 "Ostrovskaya, Rita". SFMOMA. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  5. 1 2 "Чорно-біла сучасність єврейських містечок в Україні - DW - 27.01.2012". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  6. 1 2 "Rita Ostrovskaya | Fotografie | Hatje Cantz Verlag". Hatjecantz.de. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
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