Photography’s Jewish affinities
Unintended benefits and squandered opportunities for Zionism & Israel
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12534788 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Berkowitz (Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies, University College London, London, UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 249-273 |
| Publication date | 2019-07-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Israeli History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1353-1042 • E-ISSN: 1744-0548 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13531042.2019.1703340 |
| OpenAlex | W3000621609 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 24 |
This article explores previously undervalued aspects of Zionist and Israeli visual culture in light of the (newly recognized) significance of Jews in the history of photography. Zionism and the emergence of the State of Israel accrued a great deal of good will and benevolent publicity due to the historical confluence between Jews and the rise of photojournalism especially from the 1920s to the 1950s. The first part of the article focuses on Robert Capa, Chim (David Seymour), and Alfred Eisenstaedt, who were far more important, Berkowitz argues, than expressly Zionist photographers. The piece furthermore details little-known attempts to establish the history of photography as a discipline in Israel under the tutelage of (photographer) Arnold Newman and (photographer and photo-historian) Helmut Gernsheim. Despite the immense overrepresentation of Jews among eminent photographers, and the pioneering roles of Jews in photography, the Hebrew University and Israel Museum could have – but did not – become leading centers for the history of photography
Affinities · Ancient history · Archaeology · Judaism · Political science · Unintended consequences · Zionism · Chemistry · History · Law · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Photography and Visual Culture · Visual Culture and Art Theory
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |