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Eastern Exposure: A Groundbreaking 1930s Portrait Series From Palestine


Over two years on a Tel Aviv rooftop, Helmar Lerski shot portraits of a single man from countless angles. Now the Israel Museum has acquired several of them

In 1931, at the age of 60, Helmar Lerski immigrated to Palestine. Lerski, born in Strasbourg, had previously worked in the United States and Germany – as an actor, a cinematographer and later a photographer.




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