Todd Jay Weinstein

Todd Jay Weinstein is a photographer and artist, born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1951, and who now lives in New York City. He has studied and worked with his mentor Ernst Haas, has lectured around the world, published many articles, and won several awards and honors, including Artist-in-Residence, Germany for his project "Darkness into light: Re-emergence of Jewish Life in Germany"

One goal of "Darkness into Light" was to "add insight into the Jewish culture that is moving forward in post-Holocaust Germany." Mr. Weinstein's work on that project led to the more abstract "The Thirty-Six Unknown" (cf. Lamed vov-niks). In 1994, Todd Weinstein was invited by the German government to be an artist in residence in Germany. After the photographs from that period were developed, he picked up the many threads of his past experiences and began using the photographs toward a project on the re-emergence of Jewish culture in Germany.

External Links

• The 36 Unknown page by Todd Weinstein
• Photo exhibition "Darkness into light: Re-emergence of Jewish Life in Germany" Location: German House New York, Lobby
• Stone with engraving for Ralph Lichtensteiger by Todd Weinstein
• Todd Weinstein Site by Ralph Lichtensteiger
• Spirits find refuge. Art and architecture illuminate the past at Detroit's new Holocaust Memorial Center by Roberta Cruger (3/24/2004)
• Detroit Jewish News: “The 36 Unknown” displayed at HMC
• Todd Weinstein: Aiming for The Unknown Photographer Story by Ellen Piligian • Photos by Todd Weinstein