Portrait of Black Hebrew mother holding baby in crowd, Mount Zion, Israel
Catalogue
- Year
- 1983
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- 16.6 × 24.2 cm (6 1/2 × 9 1/2 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Micha Bar-Am
Artist
Photography
Micha Bar-Am is an Israeli photographer born in 1930 whose work documents postwar Israel and the Middle East with documentary precision and formal restraint. His black-and-white photographs capture political upheaval, daily life, and conflict across several decades, establishing him as a significant chronicler of the region's modern history. Bar-Am's practice emphasizes unflinching observation and compositional clarity in service of historical witness rather than aesthetic invention.
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Record
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- Micha Bar-Am
- Year
- 1983
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- 16.6 × 24.2 cm (6 1/2 × 9 1/2 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1983-120615
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified