Source
Dmitri Kessel — ICP Archive
Citation
International Center of Photography. “Dmitri Kessel.” ICP Archive. Accessed 2026-05-19. https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/constituents/dmitri-kessel
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Tier-1 institutional archive page for Dmitri Kessel (1902–1995). 19 archived items at ICP, predominantly LIFE magazine photographs. Confirms dates, nationality, and one titled work referencing war-related documentation.
Key excerpts (verbatim, fetched 2026-05-19)
- Years: “1902 - 1995”; nationality: “American (b. Russian Ukraine)”
- One titled item: “Maria Padiska still weeps, four months after the Germans killed her mother in” — title truncated on the archive page, indicating WWII-era war documentation.
- 19 archived items, predominantly photographs published in LIFE magazine.
Notes
- The ICP page carries no biographical narrative text — it is primarily an archive listing.
- Birth city (Kiev) and death details are carried from pre-existing src-nyt-1995-kessel-obit (in repo,
verified: false), whose dates differ from the Wikipedia pointer (src-wikipedia-kessel-pointer, fetched 2026-05-19). The discrepancy is documented in the research file. - FoM connection is anchored at plate level via the MoMA Master Checklist (src-moma-exh-0569-master-checklist) and confirmed by the Wikipedia pointer.
- Cache artifact:
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