Naftali Oppenheim’s Lake Kinneret – part 2
Another optimistic trip in photos of first communities of Jordan Rift Valley in state's early days
Naftali (Herbert) Oppenheim, a gifted photographer from kibbutz Ein Gev who passed away at a young age, said once, "I only photograph the beautiful and cheerful subjects, because I find them to be the essence of my work. My job is to help and encourage."
"Ugly things should not be photographed, they should be confronted and overcome," he added.
The thousands of landscapes and faces documented by Oppenehim in the years 1937-1953 were recently scanned at the Bitmuna lab and are now on display as part of an exhibition in the Eretz Israel Museum in Tel Aviv.
Below is a sample of some of these pictures:
Good-old-days flavors
Young agriculture
When we were children
Recorder ensemble, conducted by Luba Ravitz from kibbutz Afikim
Guard squad of "Betelem members (Ein Gev founders) at Kinneret
Bringing animal feed to the cows at Kinneret
Building the Jordan Rift Valley
Officers of the Israel police in its early days
At the Tiberias hospital
High commissioner visits Jordan Rift Valley
The community of Mitzpe
- Special thanks t historian Assaf Agin, who helped with the documentation of the collection.
- For previous chapters of Trip to the Past, click here
