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Through different lenses – photography intersects with politics

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Published: 28 March 2017

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How Israeli photography creates a world without Palestinians – Amjad Iraqi – +972 Magazine/London Review of Books 17.03.17
The myth of the land of Mandate Palestine as an untapped oasis waiting for Jewish habitation is still thriving on both sides of the Green Line. Photographs are a key tool for perpetuating – and challenging – that myth. Includes links to other photographs.

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Fledgling Israel, seen by the iconic photographer who left it – Ofer Aderet – Haaretz 26.03.17
Some 20,000 photographs taken by Zoltan Kluger have been posted on the Israel State Archives website and are freely accessible to the public.

Death of photographer who helped define a nation’s consciousness March 4, 2017
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