David Rubinger (1924–2017)
Auteur van Israel Through My Lens: Sixty Years As a Photojournalist
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David Rubinger was born in Vienna, Austria on June 29, 1924. In 1939, he was chosen under a youth quota system to immigrate to what was then British-controlled Palestine, where he joined a kibbutz. At the age of 18, he enlisted in the British Army. During World War II, he served in North Africa and toon meer Europe and helped smuggle Jews to Palestine. He became a photographer whose photos chronicled the birth of the modern state of Israel. After freelancing and working for local Israeli publications, he got his break as an international photographer in the 1950s, when he was asked to take photos for an article that was published in Life magazine. Later, he took photos primarily for Time, an association that lasted more than 50 years. In 1997, he was awarded the Israel Prize, his country's highest honor. His autobiography, Israel Through My Lens written with Ruth Corman, was published in 2007. He died on March 2, 2017 at the age of 92. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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- David Rubinger (1924-2017) was one of the most renowned photojournalists of the twentieth century. He was born in Vienna, Austria. Beginning in the 1940s, Rubinger documented the life of the Jewish diaspora and Israeli politics. His employers included, among others, Time and LIFE.
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