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Label Text Since 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: 7 x 9 1/2 in. (17.8 x 24.1 cm)
Accession Number 2025.277
Classificationsphotograph
ProvenanceJeff Perry; Des Moines Art Center [gift from the previous, 2025]
Three jeeps on patrol of Suez Canal
Image Not Available for Three jeeps on patrol of Suez Canal
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Minister of Defense Moshe Dayan looking through telescope while visiting the Suez Canal with General Dan Laner
1971
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
Yom Kippur War: on the West Bank of the Suez Canal during the Yom Kippur war, shown here is General Moshe Dayan and General Ariel Sharon, October 28, 1973
1973
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Yom Kippur War: Israeli soldiers and Egyptian prisoners of war, under an Egyptian artillery barrage of shells on the "Hatzer", a bridgehead where the Israeli forces were deploying to cross to the west side of the Suez Canal, Sinai, October 1973
1973
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
South Korea: American wounded in battle in South Korea are evacuated by jeeps and litter from the front line. They pass a column of troops being moved up to the front. One man is going into battle well shaved as he soaps his face, July 10, 1950
1950
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
Yom Kippur War: Suez city suburbs after its conquest by Israeli army
1974
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Burma
Henri Cartier-Bresson
1948
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Elderly woman at market
Henri Cartier-Bresson
ca. 1960
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Daniel, two friends, elder daughter
Henri Cartier-Bresson
ca. 1970
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Men adjusting flag on staff, Quebec
Henri Cartier-Bresson
1965
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
City view with flags, Quebec
Henri Cartier-Bresson
1965