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Hacarmel Market, Tel Aviv, 1946
he was behind his camera. Because he
was a press photographer, his aim was to
chronicle history. He didn't work for an
agency, and he took the truest photos of
the famous and those in the trenches."
The Goldman exhibit on view in
West Bloomfield does not include all of
the same visual presentations in the
accompanying English-Hebrew catalog,
Paul Goldman Press Photographer; 1943-
1961, although both call attention to
the people who helped shape the new
country.
Range Of Work
Goldman's images of the famous and
infamous include Dr. Chaim
Weizmann, former president of the
World Zionist Organization, as a guard
of honor welcomes him during a visit to
Nahala. The range reaches from former
Prime Minister Menachem Begin as he
attends a convention of the Herut Party
in Tel Aviv to Nazi war criminal Adolph
Eichmann as he appears at his trial in
Jerusalem.
Everyday scenes show soldiers at
prayer, residents of temporary camps,
Yemenite Jews en route to their new
land, men constructing a water pipeline,
people dancing the horah and crowds
adjusting to new lives.
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Women's army soldiers on parade, 1951
The Goldman project began in 2000
after Israeli Dr. Eliezer Rachmilewitz
learned that Time-Lift photojournalist
emeritus David Rubinger had found
crates of negatives while looking for one
picture. Knowing of Partrich's interest in
historic images, Rachmilewitz brought
the men together.
Partrich became fascinated with the
negatives and bought the full lot. The
collection was taken to a Jerusalem
photo lab, where restoration work is still
under way.
After it was decided to use the prints
for exhibits, veteran Newsweek photogra-
pher Shlomo Arad was asked to be cura-
tor, and he researched Goldman's
detailed notebooks for historical docu-
mentation.
Goldman, a Jewish war refugee from
Hungary, moved to what would become
the State of Israel in 1940. Using a
Speed Graphic camera manufactured by
Graflex, Goldman worked for newspa-
pers and international news services in
Palestine, Israel, Cyprus and Yemen.
Although he did not receive considerable
recognition during his lifetime, exhibit
organizers hope that honor will be
accorded now
"The exhibit has great photographs by
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Ref Tee Holocaust Survivors, arriving in Palestine, Detention Camp, Athlit, Nou 1945