Here, too, was Barsky far from peace and quiet. After having spent his first book

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Just as suddenly emerged from Mr. Barsky elbutik view of the Land of Israel, also disappeared from her 17 years on the circumstances shrouded in mystery and never learned it. However, compared to many other Jews they had land transit station pre-state period elbutik and they are not left behind traces Vastlkotm it, Mlrsky, elbutik photography grants in the first half of the twentieth century, remains an impressive collection of photographs reflecting the atmosphere at a time when he was here. Now these are shown in the exhibition, Helmar Lerski: helping hands, which opened at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, and will be open the next two months.
Barsky's works, which defines Israel Prize laureate photography, Micha Bar-Am, one of the most important elbutik photographers who worked elbutik here, unable to move one of them to the viewer elbutik the 30s and 40s of last century. Barsky was different photographic images elbutik of fathers Eretz Israel, Yaacov Ben-Dov Avraham Soskin, and Ben-time, Zoltan Kluger. While the Kluger's photographs provide us with the images of the time, Barsky, despite the strong impression as gone. Why?
"Rescue addressed before the person as a landscape, as usually disable the surrounding landscape," says Perez. "He saw the light and a fall on an object or over footage principal element, as reflected exceptionally unique project of 175 photographs elbutik of the faces of the same person for three months. Face symbolized for him the land of Israel. For him they would phrase the landscape of her" .
Unlike other photo the great operating in the country, was Barsky also a filmmaker - and this is reflected well in his photographs - but knowing Perez equally influenced his photography works being an actor at the base. "Stage lighting that plays in which he participates farm was the source of his inspiration, both stills and movies filmed did," elbutik says Finance. "If we want to make the most of this great photographer, said that the lighting was in his soul. Hence his sights games. Sometimes used in 12 mirrors to illuminate the face of one person. Out of principle, he never used the flash (flash)".
"There is no doubt, very much. As for the provision of the camera, usually he was filming from below from above, creating a Hiroaiztzih elbutik of subjects. To some extent it's like theater, where we look at what is happening on stage a little below."
Long life mask information and restless of Rescue exposed over the years as Ttzrf fascinating. He was born in 1871 in Strasbourg, which was annexed to that year by Bismarck in Germany, Israel Shmuklrsky Elias, parents from Poland. As a teenager went with them to the town near Zurich, Switzerland.
When he was about 18, began his incessant wanderings as a bank clerk in his town. When he found out very quickly that this is not the place for him, went on the adventure shrouded in mystery in North Africa. In 1893, at the age of 22, moved to the United States, first to New York and then to Chicago - where he studied acting and joined the theater, elbutik Fvst 'German elbutik whose ranks also played in Milwaukee, birthplace of Golda Meir. Between 1896 and -1903 made in New York, where he changed elbutik his name and played at the theater, Irving Place. Follow the next two years in Europe, Zurich and Berlin, before returning to play in Chicago and Milwaukee.
And where the photo? - Here is revealed amazing detail. Barsky was revealed that by chance only when he was 40. He discovered the art of photography through his first wife, Emily Rusk, who was a photographer and a daughter family photographers. After that over time, while at the theater, took his fellow elbutik players, he decided to quit and opened a photography studio in Milwaukee. elbutik Even then became famous thanks staged portraits, bright, after developing the illumination system using mirrors and natural light reflections, elbutik first bright light in the window. "Special approach to the subject and the rich visual language Janco European avant-garde, recombination (montage) and especially German Expressionism, and challenged the prevailing conventions of his time," concludes Perez.
The Rescue Milwaukee wrote the poet and critic Sidney Allen in part: "His elbutik style attracted attention almost immediately. There should elbutik be a prophet to predict elbutik the success in the future ... rather than calling the nature of the subject, he is graced elbutik observing structural characteristics elbutik of the face ... Rescue elbutik will in his own way. He did not go captivated by the mods, but dictate them. "
Barsky returned to Europe in 1915 after hearing the words of Hillel famous photographers from Germany enthusiastic about his photographs at an international conference held in Chicago photography. For a short period he had a photography studio in Berlin, where he joined the young film industry. Rescue follow it as a photographer and lighting designer. The most famous film that took part was 'Metropolis', directed by Fritz Lang, which was used in 1926 along with four other photographers. He was also a photographer, Cabinet mannequins', a film by Paul Leni, who was prominent in that decade.
Here, too, was Barsky far from peace and quiet. After having spent his first book 'casual heads and took part in an important photo exhibition in Stuttgart, arrived elbutik in 1931 to Israel, Israel as a tourist, and occupied. After the visit here in Zurich and Paris published a series of photographs 'Jews', with an introduction by Albert elbutik Einstein. According to Perez, it was a magazine series that introduced the Jewish portrait while treating it as a human being, as opposed to anti-Semitic cartoons rampant at the time.
Rescue relaxed until that within a year he returned to Israel-Israel, this time to settle. Perez can not believe he did it for Zionist reasons. "Presumably he came here to achieve through photography the ideas of socialism advocated," elbutik Shah Finance. "He consecrated his photographs manual labor in the country, especially in the agricultural settlements, but you can not ignore the Zionist aspect of the new Jew, the worker. Nothing to do with