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Label TextSince the early 1950s, Micha Bar-Am has been devoted to documenting scenes of Israeli life and is now considered one of the country’s foremost photographers. As a member of the Magnum collective, he worked as a documentarian, but also put a strong emphasis on photographic composition, pairing journalism with a strong sense of aesthetics.
DimensionsOverall: 6 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (16.5 x 24.8 cm)
Accession Number 2025.274
Classificationsphotograph
ProvenanceJeff Perry; Des Moines Art Center [gift from the previous, 2025]
Israel Strikes into Lebanon: wounded Lebanese soldier and Israeli soldier peacefully exchange cigarettes, February 1972
Image Not Available for Israel Strikes into Lebanon: wounded Lebanese soldier and Israeli soldier peacefully exchange cigarettes, February 1972
Image Not Available for Sharon offers resignation: Defense Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel resigned as a consequence of his indirect role in the killing of Palestinian refugees in the Beirut camps of Sabra and Shatila by Lebanese Christian phalanges between September 16th to 18th, 1982 as the result of a four months investigation. The 54 year old Defense Minister was the principal architect of Israel’s invasion of Lebanon last year, and had been battling for his political survival since the outcome of the enquiry’s report. The last official function of Ariel Sharon on the day the commission report was published, attending in Tel Aviv a meeting of the “Jabotinsky Order” (a portrait on the wall of Zeev Jabotinsky Zionist Revisionist Movement and Menahem Begin’s spiritual leader), February 8, 1983
Sharon offers resignation: Defense Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel resigned as a consequence of his indirect role in the killing of Palestinian refugees in the Beirut camps of Sabra and Shatila by Lebanese Christian phalanges between September 16th to 18th, 1982 as the result of a four months investigation. The 54 year old Defense Minister was the principal architect of Israel’s invasion of Lebanon last year, and had been battling for his political survival since the outcome of the enquiry’s report. The last official function of Ariel Sharon on the day the commission report was published, attending in Tel Aviv a meeting of the “Jabotinsky Order” (a portrait on the wall of Zeev Jabotinsky Zionist Revisionist Movement and Menahem Begin’s spiritual leader), February 8, 1983
1983
Image Not Available for The evacuation of the Sinai by the Israelis, prior to the handing over of the territory to the Egyptians, was met with fierce resistance by the Israeli settlers. The army removed protestors before the settlements and army camps could be dismantled. The region was being returned in accordance with the Israel/Egypt peace agreements. Soldier clearing settlement with foosball table in foreground
The evacuation of the Sinai by the Israelis, prior to the handing over of the territory to the Egyptians, was met with fierce resistance by the Israeli settlers. The army removed protestors before the settlements and army camps could be dismantled. The region was being returned in accordance with the Israel/Egypt peace agreements. Soldier clearing settlement with foosball table in foreground
1982
Image Not Available for Israeli troops advance into Beirut: Israeli forces moved past the Green Line into the Museum crossing and continued heavy bombardment of West Beirut, yet they opened up a single crossing between the two sectors of the capital to allow thousands of residents to flee out of the West. This line separates the Muslim West and Christian East of Beirut. Lebanon’s internal security forces said at least 250 persons had been killed and nearly 700 wounded in this recent attack. Israeli and Palestinian forces consolidated their positions around the front line near the airport and the Green Line, and at the Museum and the Galerie Samaan crossings. Palestinian refugees arriving in a camp in Sidon, July 1982
Israeli troops advance into Beirut: Israeli forces moved past the Green Line into the Museum crossing and continued heavy bombardment of West Beirut, yet they opened up a single crossing between the two sectors of the capital to allow thousands of residents to flee out of the West. This line separates the Muslim West and Christian East of Beirut. Lebanon’s internal security forces said at least 250 persons had been killed and nearly 700 wounded in this recent attack. Israeli and Palestinian forces consolidated their positions around the front line near the airport and the Green Line, and at the Museum and the Galerie Samaan crossings. Palestinian refugees arriving in a camp in Sidon, July 1982
1982
Image Not Available for Making an Adjustment: a ground crewman makes an adjustment to a rocket before installing it aboard a bomber making strikes over the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos from the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea recently, on Yankee Station off the coast of Vietnam, January 15, 1972
Making an Adjustment: a ground crewman makes an adjustment to a rocket before installing it aboard a bomber making strikes over the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos from the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea recently, on Yankee Station off the coast of Vietnam, January 15, 1972
1972
Image Not Available for Israeli-Occupied Lebanon: a father is united with his son in a warm embrace where both are fighting against Palestinian guerrillas here in Israel’s drive to Beirut, June 12, 1982
Israeli-Occupied Lebanon: a father is united with his son in a warm embrace where both are fighting against Palestinian guerrillas here in Israel’s drive to Beirut, June 12, 1982
1982
Image Not Available for Walking With The Wounded: There is no quarter given on either side at the Vietnam outpost of Khe Sanh. The wounded, moved by litter from their defensive positions to the hospital bunker or into evacuating helicopters, are the targets for North Vietnamese gunners, making any open exposure a time of danger. Here, a downed soldier, with shell fragments in his back and legs, is carried by his comrades, one wounded about the head, across an open area during a lull in the fighting, March 8, 1968
Walking With The Wounded: There is no quarter given on either side at the Vietnam outpost of Khe Sanh. The wounded, moved by litter from their defensive positions to the hospital bunker or into evacuating helicopters, are the targets for North Vietnamese gunners, making any open exposure a time of danger. Here, a downed soldier, with shell fragments in his back and legs, is carried by his comrades, one wounded about the head, across an open area during a lull in the fighting, March 8, 1968
1968
Image Not Available for Yom Kippur War: the Israeli army made a rapid advance towards the Suez Canal and took hundreds of Egyptian soldiers as prisoners of war. Afterwards, they were loaded in trucks and taken to a special camp, Fayed, Egypt, October 24, 1973
Yom Kippur War: the Israeli army made a rapid advance towards the Suez Canal and took hundreds of Egyptian soldiers as prisoners of war. Afterwards, they were loaded in trucks and taken to a special camp, Fayed, Egypt, October 24, 1973
1973
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
South Korea: An American first aid map treats a wounded United States soldier at front line aid station. The wounded are evacuated by litters carried on jeeps to hospitals in the rear, July 10, 1950
1950
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Marlboro Cigarettes on table
Paul J. Woolf
ca. 1932
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Untitled (two men with cigarettes), April 7, 1973
Z.J.S. Ndimande & Son
printed c. 1973
Image Not Available for The evacuation of the Sinai by the Israelis, prior to the handing over of the territory to the Egyptians, was met with fierce resistance by the Israeli settlers. The army removed protestors before the settlements and army camps could be dismantled. The region was being returned in accordance with the Israel/Egypt peace agreements. Abandoned military outpost, Sinai
The evacuation of the Sinai by the Israelis, prior to the handing over of the territory to the Egyptians, was met with fierce resistance by the Israeli settlers. The army removed protestors before the settlements and army camps could be dismantled. The region was being returned in accordance with the Israel/Egypt peace agreements. Abandoned military outpost, Sinai
1982
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
A young German soldier lies dead beside his bicycle in the desert west of Gazala, Western Desert
George Rodger
1941