Book Details:
Hardcover
ISBN-13:
9781954119529
144 pages; 98 Photographs
6.75 x 9.5 inches
$50 US
Afterword by Kendell Pinkney
A Peoplehood | Amiut Yehudit is an intimate and layered exploration of contemporary Jewish identity. Through a conceptual documentary lens, Marnie Salsky weaves together present-day photographs, archival imagery, interview excerpts, and fragments from social media and print news. These elements serve as artifacts that mirror the various facets through which Jewish identity is witnessed, refracted, and archived. The result is a textured portrait of a community navigating belonging, diversity, and the lived experience of antisemitism.
Marnie Salsky is a Toronto-based photographer and documentary media artist whose work explores contemporary Jewish identity, collective memory, and the lived experience of antisemitism. Through a conceptual documentary approach, she combines photographs, archival materials, interviews and fragments of digital life to build layered narratives that extend the boundaries of traditional documentary practice. She earned an MFA in documentary media from Toronto Metropolitan University. Her work spans installation, print, and film; an earlier iteration of this project was screened at the Toronto Jewish Film Festival.
Kendell Pinkney is a Brooklyn based playwright, arts & culture advocate, educator and rabbi. His work has been commissioned, developed, and presented at venues across the US and Canada. In addition to his creative work, Kendell is the Director of Jewish Learning and Artist-in-Residence at the arts and culture organization Reboot. Additionally, he serves as the founding Artistic Director of The Workshop, one of Reboot's signature programs providing an arts and culture fellowship for emerging creatives of BIPOC-Jewish heritage.