The Parur Synagogue, India. Evercolor photographic image, numbered #3, 1994. Signed, titled, and dated by artist in pencil below image. Archival mat and mount.

(PHOTOGRAPHY) FOLBERG, NEIL.

1994.

Evercolor photographic image, numbered #3, 1994. Signed, titled, and dated by artist in pencil below image. Archival mat and mount

Neil Folberg, born in 1950 in San Francisco, studied photography with Ansel Adams for many years. In 1992, Folberg was commissioned by the Aperture Foundation to photograph historic synagogues across the world. The resulting collection of stunning photographs was published in 1995: “And I Shall Dwell Among Them: Historic Synagogues of the World.” The Parur Synagogue in India is located north of Cochin along the Coast of Kerala. It is a 400 year old building erected upon the ruins of two earlier synagogue structure dating back to the 12th-century. The stone slab with Hebrew text pictured to the right of the doorway attests to this history.