Jerusalem - twelve views of the old city by j. benor kalter published by the pro - Jerusalem Society - a folder with eleven large photographs (out of 12 originally) in a core print on thick cardboard - views from the Old City of Jerusalem by photographer Ya'akov Benor-Kalter. Jerusalem, 1926. The first photo album released by Klater.
Photos Include: worshipers at the Western Wall, Tower of David, Temple Mount, residents of the Old City in their traditional dress, various sights from the Arab market and more. The special print gave Kalter's photographs an aura of historical romance. An expanded album that included 22 photos was released in 1931 by Diwan.
Benor-Kalter's photographic style is distinguished by the realistic documentary of his time in the extensive use he made of the variety of means of expression of the photographic medium. Ya'akov Benor-Kalter [1897-1969], born in Poland, immigrated to Eretz Israel in 1921, and only two years after immigrating to Israel he began working for the JNF, and in 1924 won the competition to design the foundation's third 'Golden Book'. Kalter used photography techniques with Mirrors that taught by Helmer Larsky in Tel Aviv at the time. In the 1950s, he built a house on the kurkar cliff in Netanya and has lived alternately in Jerusalem and Netanya ever since.
11 panels 40x28 cm. in a folder covered with original fabric. Stains on the shell. Some panels tend to be brown. general condition good
