Catalog of a Collection of Photographs by Gérard Allon in the Judaica Collection of the Harvard library
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AC K N OW L E D G E M E N T S<br />
My deep thanks to Charles Berl<strong>in</strong> and Violet Radn<strong>of</strong>sky for <strong>the</strong>ir <strong>in</strong>terest <strong>in</strong> my work. They made it<br />
possible for me to digitize most <strong>of</strong> my photographic images and make <strong>the</strong>m available to researchers and<br />
<strong>the</strong> general public through <strong>the</strong> Internet. The publication <strong>of</strong> this catalog is a fur<strong>the</strong>r encouragement to<br />
me <strong>in</strong> pursu<strong>in</strong>g my artistic work.<br />
Thank you to Elizabeth Vernon for her significant contribution <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> preparation <strong>of</strong> this catalog.<br />
Thank you to Nissan N. Perez for his <strong>in</strong>valuable <strong>in</strong>troductory text to this volume. Our meet<strong>in</strong>gs over <strong>the</strong><br />
years have encouraged me to cont<strong>in</strong>ue my photographic and c<strong>in</strong>ematographic research.<br />
Thank you to Charles S. F<strong>in</strong>eman for his excellent English translation <strong>of</strong> my "Dispute Over Photonic<br />
Representations."<br />
Thank you to my friend Shai Zauderer for his <strong>in</strong>valuable advice dur<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> layout <strong>of</strong> this catalog.<br />
F<strong>in</strong>ally thank you to my wife Henriette for her constant support.<br />
— Gérard <strong>Allon</strong><br />
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