"Vishniac came back from his trips... with a collection of photographs that has become an important historical documen…"

"[his scientific accomplishments] were overshadowed by the photographs he took of Jews in prewar Eastern Europe and in…"

"Those images have proved to be an extraordinary record, made with forebodings of misfortune, that bring alive the fla…"

"[His photography was a] guiding force for visual interpretation [of Schindler's List]."

"[Roman Vishniac is] the official mortuary photographer of Eastern European Jewry. -- Leon Wieseltier, editor of The N…"

"“No one who hasn’t tried it can comprehend the careful planning, the diabolical perseverance and the incredible skill…"

"In addition to his charisma and obvious talents, he was also known to possess what Howard Greenberg, Vishniac’s longt…"

"The purpose of photography is the transmission of a visualized sector of life through the medium of the camera into a…"

"You can't teach biology with a bottle containing dead animals and organisms."

"These are the faces of children I embraced and kissed and loved. I cannot imagine that they are dead, that none would…"