Hannah Altman
Photobooks
We Will Return To You
Publication date: March 2025Photobooks
Photographer Hannah Altman’s new book considers how Jewish storytelling is translated and transformed through photographs by evoking the enigmatic, ritualistic, and multi-layered world of folklore. The 71 color photographs in the book, often portraits, are illuminated by Altman’s distinctive use of natural light.
Rooted in Jewish folklore, the photos in We Will Return To You reinterpret objects and traditions from Judaica, placing them in contemporary settings. Altman bridges the past and the present, creating a visual narrative that expands and carries forward cultural memory.
Press release + Images
Author’s website
Rooted in Jewish folklore, the photos in We Will Return To You reinterpret objects and traditions from Judaica, placing them in contemporary settings. Altman bridges the past and the present, creating a visual narrative that expands and carries forward cultural memory.
Press release + Images
Author’s website
About We Will Return To You:
Hannah Altman
ISBN 979-8-9899602-1-7
Hardcover, 144 Pages, 11 x 8 Inches
Texts by Hannah Altman
Design Direction by Luminosity Lab, Caleb Cain Marcus
Published by Saint Lucy Books
Press:
Float magazine
Jewish Women’s Archive
Wobneb magazine
L'Œil de la Photographie
Harper’s Art Desk
Dale Berning Sawa’s substack “Untitled, 1974 Magazine”, Feb 14 2025