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{{Short description|Israeli art historian}}
{{Infobox person
|name         = Nissan N. Perez
|image        = NNP4.JPG
|image_size   =
|alt          = Photo of Nissan N. Perez
|caption      = Perez in 2014
|birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|1946|12|18}}
|birth_place  = [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]]
|nationality  = Israeli
|years_active = 1970–present
|spouse       = {{marriage|Edna Jospe Perez|1987}}
|website      = {{URL|http://nnperez.com/|nnperez.com (Official Website)}}
|notable_works = Displaced Visions: Émigré Photographers of the 20th Century; Revelation: Representations of Christ in Photography}}'''Dr. Nissan Nisso Perez''' (born December 18, 1946) is a photography historian, researcher and [[curator]]. From 1977<ref>{{cite web|title = The Noel and Harriette Levine Department of Photography at the Israel Museum|url = http://www.english.imjnet.org.il/page_1522|publisher = The Israel Museum, Jerusalem|accessdate = 2016-01-04|archive-date = 2015-12-17|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151217170647/http://www.english.imjnet.org.il/page_1522|url-status = dead}}</ref> until 2013, Perez was Chief Curator of the Noel and Harriette Levine Department of Photography at the [[Israel Museum|Israel Museum, Jerusalem]], which he conceived and founded. During his curatorial career, he planned and curated over 180 exhibitions in [[Israel]] and worldwide<ref>{{Cite web|title = Dr. Nissan N. Perez - The SIP|url = http://thesip.org/language/en/person/nissan-perez/|website = thesip.org|accessdate = 2016-01-04}}</ref> and published a substantial number of articles, catalogs and books.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nissan N. Perez {{!}} Publications|url=http://nnperez.com/publications/|access-date=2022-02-25|language=en-US}}</ref>
==Selected photography exhibitions==
*''[[Dalia Amotz]]'' 1938-1994 (1995)<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.imj.org.il/exhibitions/presentation/exhibit/?id=452|title = Dalia Amotz 1938-1994|date = |accessdate = |website = |publisher = The Israel Museum|last = |first = }}</ref>
*''Mendel John Diness: A Photographer in Jerusalem'' (1997)<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.imj.org.il/exhibitions/presentation/exhibit/?id=365|title = Mendel John Diness: A Photographer in Jerusalem (1854-1860)|date = |accessdate = |website = |publisher = The Israel Museum|last = |first = }}</ref>
*''Harold Edgerton: In a Flash'' (1997)<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.imj.org.il/exhibitions/presentation/exhibit/?id=340|title = Harold Edgerton - In a Flash|date = |accessdate = |website = |publisher = The Israel Museum|last = |first = }}</ref>
*''Time Frame: A Century of Photography in the Land of Israel'' (2000)<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.imj.org.il/exhibitions/presentation/exhibit/?id=149|title = Time Frame: A Century of Photography in the Land of Israel|date = |accessdate = |website = |publisher = The Israel Museum|last = |first = }}</ref>
*''Travelogue 1927: Photographs by Luciano Morpurgo in Mandatory Palestine'' (2001)<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.imj.org.il/exhibitions/presentation/exhibit/?id=85|title = Travelogue 1927. Photographs by Luciano Morpurgo in Mandatory Palestine|date = |accessdate = |website = |publisher = The Israel Museum|last = |first = }}</ref>
*''Weegee's Story: A Photojournalist in the 1940s'' (2002)<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.imj.org.il/exhibitions/presentation/exhibit/?id=203|title = Weegee's Story: A Photojournalist in the 1940s|date = |accessdate = |website = |publisher = The Israel Museum|last = |first = }}</ref>
*''Revelation: Representations of Christ in Photography'' (2003)<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.imj.org.il/exhibitions/presentation/exhibit/?id=189|title = Revelation: Representations of Christ in Photography|date = |accessdate = |website = |publisher = The Israel Museum|last = |first = }}</ref>
*''Old-New Land: Pioneers of Photography in Israel'' (2003)<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.imj.org.il/exhibitions/presentation/exhibit/?id=177|title = Old-New Land: Abel Pann Paints the Bible|date = |accessdate = |website = |publisher = The Israel Museum|last = |first = }}</ref>
*''Camera Sacra: Capturing the Soul of Nature'' (2005)<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.imj.org.il/exhibitions/presentation/exhibit/?id=115|title = Camera Sacra: Capturing the Soul of Nature|date = |accessdate = |website = |publisher = The Israel Museum|last = |first = }}</ref>
*''All That's Not Me: Kimiko Yoshida, Photographs'' (2006)<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.imj.org.il/exhibitions/presentation/exhibit/?id=36|title = All That's Not Me: Kimiko Yoshida, Photographs|date = |accessdate = |website = |publisher = The Israel Museum|last = |first = }}</ref>
*''Beyond Time: Photographs from the Gary B. Sokol Collection'' (2006)<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.imj.org.il/exhibitions/presentation/exhibit/?id=78|title = Beyond Time: Photographs from the Gary B. Sokol Collection|date = |accessdate = |website = |publisher = The Israel Museum|last = |first = }}</ref>
*''Engagement: Israeli Photography Now'' (2007)<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.imj.org.il/exhibitions/presentation/exhibit/?id=6|title = Engagement: Israeli Photography Now|date = |accessdate = |website = |publisher = The Israel Museum|last = |first = }}</ref>
*''Picturing Jerusalem'' (2007)<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.imj.org.il/exhibitions/presentation/exhibit/?id=47|title = Picturing Jerusalem|date = |accessdate = |website = |publisher = The Israel Museum|last = |first = }}</ref>
*''A Rare Gift: The Noel and Harriette Levine Collection of Photographs'' (2010)<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.imj.org.il/exhibitions/presentation/exhibit/?id=728|title = A Rare Gift: The Noel and Harriette Levine Collection of Photographs|date = |accessdate = |website = |publisher = The Israel Museum|last = |first = }}</ref>
*''New in Photography: Recent Acquisitions'' (2010)<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.imj.org.il/exhibitions/presentation/exhibit/?id=759|title = New in Photography : Recent Acquisitions|date = |accessdate = |website = |publisher = The Israel Museum|last = |first = }}</ref>
*''Helmar Lerski: Working Hands, Photographs from the 1940s'' (2011)<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.imj.org.il/exhibitions/presentation/exhibit/?id=765|title = Helmar Lerski: Working Hands, Photographs from the 1940s|date = |accessdate = |website = |publisher = The Israel Museum|last = |first = }}</ref>
*''Eugene Atget: As Paris Was'' (2012)<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.imj.org.il/exhibitions/presentation/exhibit/?id=795|title = Eugene Atget: As Paris Was|date = |accessdate = |website = |publisher = The Israel Museum|last = |first = }}</ref>
*''Double Take: The Tanenbaum and Willens Photography Collections'' (2013)<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.imj.org.il/exhibitions/presentation/exhibit/?id=852|title = Double Take: The Tanenbaum and Willens Photography Collections|date = |accessdate = |website = |publisher = The Israel Museum|last = |first = }}</ref>
*''Displaced Visions: Émigré Photographers of the 20th Century'' (2013)<ref>{{Cite web|title = Displaced Visions Émigré Photographers of the 20th Century|url = http://www.imj.org.il/exhibitions/presentation/exhibit/?id=863|website = The Israel Museum|accessdate = 2016-01-04}}</ref>
*''One Country Two Worlds''. "5th International Photography Festival". Tel Aviv. <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.photographyfestival.co.il/en/exhibitions/%D7%90%D7%95%D7%AA%D7%94-%D7%94%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%A5-%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%9D-%D7%90%D7%97%D7%A8/ |title=One Country Two Worlds |date=2017-05-11 |access-date=2018-05-12}}</ref>
== Selected works ==
* ''Focus East: Early Photography in the Near East 1839-1885''. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1988.
* ''Displaced visions: Émigré photographers of the 20th century ; [publ. in conjunction with the exhibition organized by and presented at The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, May 28 - September 20, 2013]''. Jerusalem: The Israel Museum, 2013.
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://nnperez.com/ Nissan N. Perez]: official website.
*[http://www.imj.org.il/exhibitions/presentation/?searchType=simple&x=0&y=0&term=nissan List of Nissan N. Perez Curated Exhibitions]: The Israel Museum website
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