Herman Mishkin

Herman Mishkin (March 1870 - February 6, 1948) was a Russian-American photographer in Manhattan, New York City. He specialized in photographing opera singers.[1] Mishkin was born in Minsk, Russia in March 1870. He migrated to the United States in 1885. He bought a camera and started taking photographs in the 1880s.[2] He married and had a son, Leo Mishkin.[3] He died on February 6, 1948.[4]

Photograph by Mishkin of Rosa Raisa, 1917
Pasquale Amato in Cyrano, circa 1913. Photo Herman Mishkin.

References
  1. "Herman Mishkin". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 2012-12-15. Retrieved 2012-11-18. Herman Mishkin was the foremost portrayer of Golden Era opera singers.
  2. "Herman Mishkin". Broadway Photographers. University of South Carolina. December 31, 1980. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
  3. "Leo Mishkin, Reviewed Movies, Theater and TV". New York Times. December 31, 1980. Retrieved 2012-11-17. Born in New York the son of Herman Mishkin, photographer of the Metropolitan Opera from 1905 to 1932, Mr. Mishkin began his career as an office boy in the ...
  4. "Herman Mishkin, 77, Opera Photographer". New York Times. February 7, 1948. Retrieved 2012-11-17. Herman Mishkin, retired photographer who did much work for the Metropolitan Opera Company, died yesterday in his home, 139 West Eighty-second Street, after ...


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