April 17, 2011 – July 2011
This exhibition presents the work of the avant-garde portrait photographer Helmar Lerski, alias Israel Schmuklerski (1871-1956). Some 150 modern prints from negatives in the Museum collection will be on display, the majority being unpublished photographs Lerski took in Palestine between 1932 and 1948, on view for the first time. These images were made using Lerski’s signature technique of lighting his subjects with mirrors to achieve dramatic results. The images on display will focus primarily on working people, and on their hands in particular.
Image: Helmar Lerski, Untitled (Hands), ca. 1940. Courtesy of the Israel Museum.
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Helmar Lerski: Working Hands
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